brace up one while the others tumble down(dōng fú xī dǎo)

brace up one while the others tumble down

I picked it up from here, but I fell over there. This is a metaphor for taking care of one thing and losing the other. It also describes too many bad habits. After correcting this point, that point comes up again.

essential information

[entry] Dongfu Xidao [Pinyin] d ō NGF ú x ī D ǎ o [usage] as predicate, attribute and adverbial; adjective can't support [common] rare idiom [time] Ancient idiom [structure] combined idiom [part of speech] neutral idiom [lantern riddle] husband

source

In Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli's poem "Guo Nan Dang" said: "you can kill the hedge with laughter, and you can help the East and the west to fall into the wild."

Examples

If the broken house is similar, how can it be beneficial even if we want to cultivate ourselves? ——Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Yu Lei (volume 125)

Chinese PinYin : dōng fú xī dǎo