Slaughter cattle and sheep
Tu Suo Niu Yang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ú Su ǒ Ni ú y á ng, which means people close to death. It comes from the great Nirvana Sutra, jiayepin.
Idiom usage
It is often used in figurative sentences
The origin of Idioms
According to the great Nirvana Sutra, jiayepin: "if a prisoner goes to the market, he will die step by step, like a petunia or a sheep in a slaughterhouse."
Idiom explanation
It's a metaphor for people approaching death.
Slaughter cattle and sheep
in the most congenial surroundings - jiāo lóng dé shuǐ
think back and forth without end - chóu chú bù jué
the footprints leading to a certain point and from these onwards the traces left behind - lái zōng qù jì
forget sb . 's past error and forgive him - lüè jì yuán xīn
cast sb . aside when he has served his purpose - niǎo jìn gōng cáng