Please the devil
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ǎ o è Ji ǎ Nb à o, which means to denounce and cut off the ferocious forces. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the annals of Wu, the biography of Wu Zhu.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Shou of Jin Dynasty wrote in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the annals of Wu, the biography of the Lord of Wu: "if a man tries to please others, he will be guilty. He should first split up and seize his land, so that the hearts of the local people will know where they belong."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
Please the devil
wait at one 's ease for the fatigued - yǐ yì dài láo
ride with lax reins -- let things take their natural course - xìn mǎ yóu jiāng