distort the truth in order to please others
It is a Chinese idiom, w ǎ NGD à OSH ì R é n in pinyin, which originally refers to not following the right path to serve the monarch. After the general refers to any means to please people.
interpretation
Wrong: disobey; way: right; service: serve. It originally means not following the right path to serve the monarch. After the general refers to any means to please people.
source
In the Analects of Confucius Weizi written by Lu Kong in the spring and Autumn Period: "Liu Xiahui was a scholar and teacher, and he was deposed three times. People said, "is it possible for Ziwei to go?" He said: "how can we go straight and serve people, but not three times? Why go to your parents' country when you do wrong? "
Examples
From then on, Qu Xue a Shi began. Gu Yanwu, Qing Dynasty
usage
To please and please others by all means
Chinese PinYin : wǎng dào shì rén
distort the truth in order to please others
tell a story without missing a single circumstance. dī shuǐ bù lòu
follow the reaction of others without opinion of one 's own. ǎi rén kàn xì
cough and spit and both the phlegm and saliva become pearl -- words uttered by a talent become famous sentences. ké tuò chéng zhū
strike out a new path for oneself. zì chū jī zhóu
a cornered rat will bite at a leopard cat. qióng shǔ niè lí