One plant at a time, another at a time
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is d à nzh à NGM à ch é ng, and the metaphor is very effective. It comes from Yi Lin by Jiao Yanshou of Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty (Volume 9): "once a tree has pepper beans, it becomes a soup in the evening. If you want to, you will be happy. "
Idiom explanation
Metaphor works very fast.
Chinese PinYin : dàn zhòng mù chéng
One plant at a time, another at a time
strict and fair in meting out rewards and punishments. shǎng fá xìn míng
have no place too ashamed to show one 's face. wú dì zì cuò
laws handed down from forefathers. zǔ zōng jiā fǎ
There is a knife on the willow, and a knife on the mulberry. liǔ shù shàng zháo dāo,sāng sh