Awful behavior

Awful behavior

In Chinese idioms, Pinyin is x, ngru, G, UZH *, meaning that people are shameless and behave like pigs and dogs. It comes from Jia Yi's on public security policy in the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Western Han Dynasty * Jia Yi's "policy on public security": "therefore, let's let the enemy be enemies."

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Zixia's Apprentice asked Zi Mozi, "does a gentleman have a standard?" Zi Mozi said that a gentleman has no fixed standard. Zixia's Apprentice said: "pigs and dogs have standards. How can evildoers have no standards?" Zi Mozi said: "those who speak well but act worse than pigs and dogs can't be called gentlemen."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms]: * a dog's dog.

Idiom usage

* Li Zhi's "three religions to Confucianism": "Yang is Taoism, Yin is wealth, and clothing is elegant, but a dog is a dog."