to hit sb . when he 's down

to hit sb . when he 's down

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is t ó UJ à ngxi à sh í, which means to see a man fall into a trap. Instead of reaching out to save him, he pushes him down and throws a stone. It means to frame people when they are in danger. From Liu Zihou's epitaph.

Analysis of Idioms

To throw a stone into a well

Idiom usage

He is a friend of the grass and the wild. He has no political constraints. He usually pursues meat and wine. When things come up, he will go down the drain. Liang Bin's the story of fire

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's epitaph of Liu Zihou in Tang Dynasty: "once you are faced with small interests, it's just like the ratio of hair, if you don't know each other, if you fall into a trap, you can lead your hand to save it, if you squeeze it, and if you fall into a stone, it's all the same."