Helping the frontier and losing money

Helping the frontier and losing money

Helping the border and losing money, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ù Bi ā NSH ū C á I, which means to donate money to consolidate the border. It comes from the biography of divination in the history of Han Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

Border: border defense; lose: donation.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Bu style in the history of Han Dynasty, "when Han Dynasty was in charge of Xiongnu, it was written in the form that he would like to help the frontier with half the money of the losers."

Analysis of Idioms

Lose money to help the poor

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object and attribute.

Examples

It is the style of a knight errant that a husband gives relief to hunger and millet, and it is the end of loyalty and love to help the frontier and lose money. (preface to officialdom appearance by Ouyang Juyuan in Qing Dynasty)