A dog in front of his feet eats Yao

A dog in front of his feet eats Yao

Zhi Gou Yan Yao is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh í Qu ǎ NSH ì y á o, which originally means that people and officials are in charge of their own affairs. Later, it is used as a metaphor for jealousy of talents. It's from Qi CE Liu, Warring States strategy.

Idiom usage

In Liu Ji's Ode to marshal Taibuhua in Ming Dynasty, it is said that "you are not the one to be peaceful, but you are the one to be reasonable."

The origin of Idioms

"Qi CE VI of the Warring States Period:" Diao Bo said: "the dog barking at Yao is not the most expensive, but the dog barking at Yao is not the master."