fish do not come when water is too clear

fish do not come when water is too clear

There is no fish in the clear water, which is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Shu ǐ Q ī NGW ú y ú, which means that if the water is too clear, the fish can't survive, and if it's too strict with people, no one can be his partner. It means that if you care too much about people's small shortcomings, you can't unite people. From white tiger.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's "white tiger pass" in Han Dynasty: "so the water is clear without fish, and there is no one to observe."

Idiom usage

It can't be too demanding. Everyone knows that there is no fish in water. You'd better muddle along. According to the biography of Dongfang Shuo in the history of Han Dynasty, "when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples." Zengguang Xianwen: when the water is clear, there is no fish; when people observe it, there is no apprentice. "When the water is clear, there is no fish, and when people observe it, there is no apprentice."