the sweet grass and the smelly grass store in the same ware
Fumigant, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ū NY ó ut ó ngq ì, which means vanilla and stinky grass are put together. It refers to the coexistence of good and evil, and the evil conceals the good. It comes from "Confucius' family language · Guansi".
The origin of Idioms
"Confucius' family language · Guansi": it is reported that different fumigants are hidden, and Yao and Jie are not governed by the same country.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: black and white, right and wrong
Antonym: right and wrong, clear-cut
Idiom usage
Grammatical usage: predicate, clause; derogatory.
Examples
Now, since the KMT members have been ordered to cancel it, those who go away have to avoid the slander of harming Ma Baiqun, while those who stay are still suspected of being the same. ——The 38th chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China
Chinese PinYin : xūn yóu tóng qì
the sweet grass and the smelly grass store in the same ware
To help the past and the present. yuán gǔ cì jīn
You can't get up or down. shàng bù zháo tiān,xià bù zháo dì
round and round the firewood is bound. chóu móu shù xīn
Nine lines and eight industries. jiǔ háng bā yè