Beat ducks to scare mandarin ducks(dǎ yā jīng yuān yāng)

Beat ducks to scare mandarin ducks

Beat duck to scare mandarin duck, which means beat a to scare B. It also refers to the innocent. It comes from the poem "beating ducks" written by Mei Yaochen of Song Dynasty: "don't beat ducks. Beating ducks frightens mandarin ducks."

Beat ducks to scare mandarin ducks

D ǎ y ā J ī ngyu ā NY ā ng refers to striking a and startling B. It also refers to the innocent. In the Song Dynasty, Mei Yaochen wrote a poem "don't beat a duck, beat a duck to scare a mandarin duck."

Source of allusion

In the Song Dynasty, Mei Yaochen wrote a poem "don't beat a duck, beat a duck to scare a mandarin duck."

words whose meaning is similar

act rashly and alert the enemy

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it refers to striking a and startling B. It also refers to the innocent. Examples of idioms: Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty, the ninth volume of "striking ducks and startling mandarin ducks, flying in different directions." degree of common use: General emotional color: commendatory words grammatical usage: as a clause; metaphor: striking a to startle B idiom structure: serial verb generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : dǎ yā jīng yuān yāng