To bury and slaughter dogs
To bury and slaughter dogs
As a Chinese idiom, Zhu í m á it ú g ǒ u in pinyin means killing people and killing dogs; it refers to committing crimes and engaging in low-grade occupation. It's from the book of power, Gaozu.
The origin of Idioms
Su Xun of Song Dynasty wrote in the book of power: Gaozu: "who said that after the age of a hundred, when a person who slaughters dogs sees his relatives taking advantage of the power to become emperor, he will not gladly follow the evil spirit?"
Analysis of Idioms
The bones of those who beat up sad songs and slaughtered dogs have been rotten, and the name of Yanzhao is still popular among scholars and doctors. A record of one palm garden by Liu Dakui in Qing Dynasty
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of a villain.
Examples
The bones of those who beat up sad songs and slaughtered dogs have been rotten, and the name of Yanzhao is still popular among scholars and doctors. A record of one palm garden by Liu Dakui in Qing Dynasty
To bury and slaughter dogs