foxes in the city walls and rats on the altars(chéng hú shè shǔ)

foxes in the city walls and rats on the altars

Chenghu Shemo, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é NGH ú sh è sh ǔ, which means the fox on the wall of the city and the mouse in the temple; it refers to a villain who is hard to get rid of by virtue of power. From "Yanzi Chunqiu neipian Wenshang".

Notes on Idioms

She: Earth temple.

The origin of Idioms

In the first chapter of Yanzi's spring and Autumn Annals, it is said that "in the society of husband, if you tie up the wood and apply it, the mouse will support you, if you smoke it, you will be afraid of burning the wood, if you irrigate it, you will be afraid of destroying the painting. This rat can not be killed because of social reasons. "

Idiom usage

It is used as object and attribute; it has a derogatory meaning and refers to a villain who stands up for power and does evil. Example: in the biography of Xie Kun in the book of Jin, it is said that "if you are sincere, you will get into trouble, but you will get into trouble." In fact, there are no jackals and tigers in today's education circle, but some of them are certainly unavoidable. Lu Xun's Hua Gai Ji the trick of "axiom" and Hong Sheng's Chang Sheng Dian's the tenth doubt prophecy: "Shang Tiao Ji Xian bin" on a man's strong mind must be self vomit, willing to empty to Qi Tian? Laugh at him every room like Yan, who ever looked at Wu! Don't be wary of the fierce and the fierce, let's go all the way. A few days later, I went home to listen to the crowing of chickens and got up to dance alone. If you want to multiply and divide in ancient times, it seems that you have a great reputation in the universe!

Idiom story

Wang Dun, the son-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was appointed governor of Yangzhou in the early years of Yongjia. Because of the exclusion of Liu Kai, a favorite Minister of Emperor Wu, he tried to eliminate Liu Kai and consulted Xie Kun. "Liu Kai is a fox at the root of the city wall and a mouse in the ancestral temple. We can't deal with him by conventional digging and irrigation," Xie said

Chinese PinYin : chéng hú shè shǔ