Dwarf watching
Dwarf watching opera is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh ū R ǔ Gu ā nx ì, which means that one has no ability but to follow others. It comes from the old news of qu'an.
The origin of Idioms
Zhu Bian of the Song Dynasty, Volume 7 of the old news of qu'an: "for example, when dwarfs watch a play, people laugh, saying that people will never miss me, it's everywhere."
Analysis of Idioms
A dwarf looks on the scene and follows others
Idiom usage
Be an object or attribute
Dwarf watching
a mere common brick to draw others into throwing in their pieces of jade - yǐn yù zhī zhuān
have full assurance of success - wén cāo shèng quàn
confirmed habits are hard to get rid of - jī zhòng bù fǎn