bring contempt upon oneself

bring contempt upon oneself

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì t ǎ om é IQ ù, which means to embarrass oneself if you don't do things properly. From solitude.

Idiom usage

He knows it's no fun to do so.

The origin of Idioms

Ye Shengtao's loneliness: "he immediately felt that the request for children just now was meaningless, just asking for nothing."

Idiom story

Yanzi is going to send an envoy to the state of Chu. When the king of Chu heard that Yanzi was going to send an envoy to the state of Chu, he discussed with the people around him: "soon Yanzi will come. I want to laugh at him in public. What can you do?" The left and right people gave advice to the king of Chu, saying, "when he comes, we will pass by with a man tied in front of you on purpose. You ask, "who is this Chinese?" We said, "it's from the state of Qi.". You ask, "what crime have you committed?" We said, "he was arrested for stealing." See what Yanzi says. " Soon Yanzi arrived. The king of Chu arranged a banquet for him. While everyone was drinking happily, two officials and soldiers came to the king of Chu with a prisoner. The king of Chu asked deliberately, "which country is this prisoner from? What crime have you committed? "The official replied," it's from the state of Qi who committed the crime of theft. " The king of Chu looked at Yanzi and asked him with a smile, "are the people of Qi good at stealing?" Yan Zi left his seat and calmly replied, "I heard that oranges born in the south of the Yangtze River are called oranges. They are big and sweet. If you move them to the north of the Yangtze River, they will become trifoliate, small and sour. Their leaves are very similar, but their fruit tastes completely different. Why is that so? Just because the soil and water in the two places are different! Now this man didn't steal when he lived in the state of Qi, but he stole when he arrived in the state of Chu. Does the soil and water of the state of Chu make the people good at stealing Hearing this, the king of Chu blushed with shame and thought, "Yanzi is really great! I wanted to make fun of him, but I told him to make fun of him instead. "