blow the fire by making use of the wind

blow the fire by making use of the wind

According to the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī NF ē ngchu ī Hu ǒ, which means to blow fire in accordance with the wind. It means to take advantage of convenience and do things without effort. From the biography of lanterns in Jingde.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Shi Daoyuan's Jingde chuandeng Lu, Volume 13, said: "because of the wind and fire, not much effort."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's commendatory. Ten niangs love each other, but they don't change their minds with poverty. This is a heroine among women. I don't care about your servant because of the wind and fire. (Wang Shi Tong Yan, Vol.32, by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)