Sitting on the coals(zuò yú tú tàn)

Sitting on the coals

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ò y ú t ú t à n, which means to describe being in an unclean environment and being defiled. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.

explain

Charcoal: a dirty place. Sitting on mud and charcoal.

source

Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang: "to stand in the court of the villain and speak with the villain is like sitting on the throne with the clothes of the court."

usage

The verb object type, with derogatory meaning, is used as predicate and attributive.

Chinese PinYin : zuò yú tú tàn