Slaughter cattle and sheep

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.