Take the easy way

Take the easy way

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ǎ OSH ò UD à Z ǒ u, which means to endure a light beating and escape a heavy beating. Confucianism believes that this is the attitude that a filial son should take when he is punished by his parents. It comes from six books of Confucius' family language.

The origin of Idioms

In the sixth edition of Confucius' family language, it is said that "a little Chui will stay, but a big stick will run away."

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate and an attribute; it's used for people. example when he was little, he went to the shuttle on behalf of Mencius. Pu Songling's strange tales from Liaozhai · Ma Jiefu in Qing Dynasty