be the first to bear the brunt

be the first to bear the brunt

First of all, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǒ UD ā ngq í ch ō ng, which refers to the first attack or disaster. It comes from the book of the Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the five elements annals of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "Zheng should be his Chong, but he can't cultivate morality."

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate and attributive. example the GAOs are the richest people in the Beimen area, so it's better to avoid them early. (Ba Jin's home 22) "there is no doubt that the guerrilla base areas in the plain will bear the brunt." (Section 1, Chapter 6 of Mao Zedong's strategic issues in the Anti Japanese guerrilla war)