appeasement brings disaster

appeasement brings disaster

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y à NGH à Li ú Hu à n, which means to connive at the enemy and let it go. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Idiom usage

To connive at the enemy

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: raising a tiger to bring about trouble, raising a tiger to bring about trouble

The origin of Idioms

The fifth and sixth chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "now his son wants to be expelled. Isn't he raising a tiger to keep suffering?"

Idiom explanation

It is a metaphor for conniving at the enemy and reserving future trouble. It's the same as "raising tigers has its own problems.".