To kill a tiger with meat
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ǐ R ò us ì h ǔ, which means to refer to death for nothing. The source is "Han Ji · Wendi Ji".
The origin of Idioms
In the Han Dynasty, XunYue's "Han Ji Wen Di Ji", it is said that "if we go to the Qin Army today, we can't help it if we use meat to kill tigers."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
To kill a tiger with meat
as boundless as the sea and sky - hǎi kuò tiān kōng
give up completely to natural impulse - jí qíng zòng yù
The birds are startled by the fish - niǎo jīng yú hài
cannot bear to think of the past - bù kān huí shǒu