Eating tiger with meat
The synonym "feeding the tiger with meat" generally refers to eating the tiger with meat. Chinese idioms, Pinyin is "R" and "UD" and "NH", which means to mean to die in vain. The same as "feed the tiger with meat". See "tiger with meat". It comes from Ming Li Zhi's Shi Gang Ping Yao Zhou Ji Nan Wang.
The origin of Idioms
Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book Shi Gang Ping Yao · Zhou Ji · Nan Wang: "it's like eating tiger's ear with meat to claim power."
Analysis of Idioms
The synonym is "to feed a tiger with meat"
Grammatical usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Feed the tiger with meat
hate evil as one does one 's enemy - jí è ruò chóu
have the courage to take the blame for what one does - gǎn zuò gǎn dāng
There was a rush of remonstrance - jiàn zhēng rú liú