regarded as a favour without patting trouble to oneself
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ù nshu ǐ R é NQ í ng, which means to take advantage of opportunities to give people benefits by the way. It also refers to effortless human feelings. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 99th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "both the general and the soldiers were bribed, so they were able to follow the flow of human feelings."
Idiom usage
As an object; of effortless affection
Examples
Fortunately, he has nothing to do with us. We are happy to promise him that we can be friendly and beneficial to each other. The 40th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom
regarded as a favour without patting trouble to oneself
Let go of the bull and scatter the horse - xiū niú sàn mǎ
put one 's statecraft to full use - dà zhǎn jīng lún
Divide the house and cut down the share - fēn fáng jiǎn kǒu
a chasm for dragon to hide or a cave for tigers to have their lair - lóng tán hǔ kū