White knife in, red knife out(bái dāo zǐ jìn，hóng dāo zǐ chū)

White knife in, red knife out

White Dao Zijin and red Dao Zichu are idiomatic expressions, which refer to killing people to see their blood and work hard. They come from the 25th chapter of Jinpingmei Cihua by Xiaoxiaosheng Lanling in question Ming Dynasty.

Shi Yi means to kill people to see the blood and fight desperately. Red knife: a knife with blood. Chuming · Lanling Xiaosheng's the 25th chapter of Jinpingmei Cihua: "just don't bump into my hand. I'll teach him to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife." The seventh chapter of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "don't say anything else to me. Let's go in with the white knife and come out with the red knife." Variation and source: "the red knife goes in and the white knife comes out" in a dream of Red Mansions. Don't say you are like this. Even your father and grandfather dare not support Jiao da! It's not Jiao da. Are you officials, enjoying glory and wealth? Your ancestors earned this family property in a narrow way. Now, instead of repaying my kindness, they have become masters with me. Don't say anything else to me. If you say anything else, let's go in red and come out white! " Zhipiyun: it's the Chinese method of drunk population. A period of drunken slave quarrel, leisurely make up Ning Rong past, especially for the world aristocratic smile. Red knife in white knife out! In fact, it means that "the generals of Ming Dynasty became the generals of Qing Dynasty", which means that they defected to the Qing government. "And Jia Zhen is the executioner who destroyed Daming.

Chinese PinYin : bái dāo zǐ jìn，hóng dāo zǐ chū