Use meat to drive away flies
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ R ò UQ ū y í ng, which means that the metaphorical behavior and purpose are contradictory and can only get the opposite result. From Zhou Qianming of Danan University.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Juzheng's answer to Zhou Qianming of nanxue University in the Ming Dynasty: "it's hard to understand leniency and righteousness. Everything is for appeasement and relaxation. Jia's reputation is so popular that scholars are arrogant and extravagant, and their customs are getting worse and worse. When they have one or two forces to hold them back, they advocate empty talk and open up evil paths. It's so-called to drive away flies with meat and put out fire with salary."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.
Use meat to drive away flies
A headache cures the head, but a foot cures the foot - tóu tòng yī tóu,jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo
assist one 's generation and bring comfort to the common people - jì shì ān mín
secure the state and comfort the people - bǎo guó ān mín