Be afraid of your shadow
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è iy ǐ NGB ì J ì, which means to refer to ordinary people harassing themselves without reason. From Zhuangzi fisherman.
The origin of Idioms
In Zhuangzi fisherman written by Zhuangzi in the pre Qin period, it is said that "people who go away fearing evil deeds, the more they raise their feet, the more they trace, and the more ill they walk, the more they cannot leave their bodies."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive; it has a derogatory meaning; it refers to unreasonable things. In Chen Shu · Xiao Yunzhuan: "Zhuang Zhou's so-called fear of shadow and avoidance of trace, I'm a Buddha."
Be afraid of your shadow
throw away one 's arms and cast aside one 's breastplate - pāo gē qì jiǎ
The magpie returns to the Phoenix - què fǎn luán huí
in one 's humble position , one 's word does not carry much weight - shēn wēi yán qīng