A knife licks honey(dāo tóu tiǎn mì)

A knife licks honey

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ā ot ó UTI ǎ nm ì, which means less profit and more harm; it also refers to greed for money and lust, regardless of life. It comes from the forty second chapter Sutra of Buddha.

Idiom explanation

Licking: touching or taking something with the tongue.

The origin of Idioms

"Forty two chapters of Buddha's saying": the wealth and beauty of Buddha's words to people, such as children's greed for the honey of the blade, sweet less than the beauty of a food, but there is also the trouble of cutting off the tongue.

Idiom usage

It's dangerous. example Qing Dynasty Yang chaoguan's "yinfengge Zaju · poor Ruanji scolds the God of wealth": I'm afraid you'll hurt people with your knife and honey. If you want to hide him more, it's a mischief. If you want to throw him away, it's like clods of earth. You can imagine the danger of licking honey with a knife.

Chinese PinYin : dāo tóu tiǎn mì