a small vessel is easily filled

a small vessel is easily filled

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Xi ǎ OQ ì y ì y í ng, which means that it is easy to be complacent because of its small quantity. It comes from the notes of Prince Wei in Yuancheng.

The origin of Idioms

Wu Zhi of Han Dynasty wrote in the note between the city of Yuan Dynasty and the prince of Wei: "if small utensils are easy to be filled, the first thing is to be settled."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used to admonish

Examples

That is, to be a slave, to be poor all one's life, but not to be a murderer. Always ~, insatiable, such a thing. The drunken awakening stone: The Curse of fake Huwei antiques