fall into a snare

fall into a snare

Throw oneself into the net, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì t ó Ulu ó w ǎ ng, which means to throw oneself into the net; it means to send oneself to death. It's from "the journey of yellow sparrow in yetian".

Notes on Idioms

Throw: enter; net: catch fish and birds.

The origin of Idioms

Cao Zhi of the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms wrote a poem: "if you don't see the sparrow in the fence, you can see the Harrier throwing yourself into the field."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, object; derogatory. In the ninth year of Xiantong of Yizong of Tang Dynasty, the book Zizhitongjian says, "if husband and his wife are willing to take part in the net and laugh for the world, how can they work together and go through the fire of Tang Dynasty. Su Shi, Song Dynasty, wrote: "for example, hunters rush all day long and trample on the grass, searching for the rabbit and fighting for it, instead of waiting for it to throw itself into the net." The 55th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "now it comes from touluo net again. What's the reason for that?" Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty Chapter 12: Sister Feng deliberately complains about his dishonesty, and Jia Rui swears anxiously. Fengjie because he fell into the trap, little to find another plan to make him know to change.

Idiom story

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi, the son of Cao Cao, was very clever and talented, and was favored by Cao Cao. Because he indulged in wine, he gradually lost the competitiveness of inheriting the throne. When Cao Pi became emperor, he arrested his good friend Ding Yi. Cao Zhi, a prisoner named Wang Houshi, wrote "the journey of yellow sparrow in the wild field": "if you don't see the sparrow in the fence, you will throw yourself at the Harrier."