Brooding fish(cóng què yuān yú)

Brooding fish

Cong que Yuan Yu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ó ngqu è Yu ā NY ú, which means that if we do not do good governance, we are driving the common people to the enemy. It's from Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

Idiom usage

As an object, attribute, etc

Examples

There are fewer and fewer people who can negotiate with each other. They have to endure humiliation and disgrace. People's morale is declining day by day.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: to drive birds for the Bush, to drive fish for the deep

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · liloushang: "those who drive fish for yuan, Rex; those who drive Jue (Sparrow) for Cong, Xu; those who drive people for Tangwu, Jie and Zhou."

Idiom explanation

It means to drive the common people to the enemy.

Chinese PinYin : cóng què yuān yú