To strike a duck and startle a mandarin duck
Da Ya Jing Yuan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǎ y ā J ī ngyu ā n, which means Da Jia Jing B, also refers to the innocent people. It comes from Kun Hua Nu written by Mei Dingzuo of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive; it is used to describe "striking a duck and startling B"; it is used to describe "burning the harp and boiling the crane, striking the duck and startling the Mandarin".
Analysis of Idioms
Beat grass to scare snake
The origin of Idioms
The second fold of Ming meidingzuo's kunhuanu: "I'm not trying to kill you, but I'm afraid to frighten the duck and the snake."
Idiom explanation
It's like striking a and startling B. It also refers to the innocent.
Chinese PinYin : dǎ yā jīng yuān
To strike a duck and startle a mandarin duck
Honor the past and abuse the present. róng gǔ nüè jīn
Attack each other by letter. hán shǐ xiāng gōng
feel sad for the loss of one 's kind. tù sǐ hú bēi
be not properly dressed as gentlemen should be. bù shān bù lǚ
stick to a thing once begun. yī bū zuò,èr bù xiū
blot out the sky and cover the sun. zhē tiān bì rì