To seize food with silence(è gāng duó shí)

To seize food with silence

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is è h á ngdu ó sh í, which means to hold your throat and take away what you eat. It means to make people in a desperate situation. From the biography of Chen Zuren in the history of the Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Choking: forcefully pinching; uttering: throat. Hold your throat and take what you eat. Metaphor makes people in a desperate situation.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Chen Zuren in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, "I want to drive away the tired people to provide for the great epidemic. I want to abolish the cultivation and waste the farmland. What's the difference between choking their words and seizing their food and killing them quickly?"

Idiom usage

Metaphor makes people in a desperate situation. He usually uses the method of choking off food.

Chinese PinYin : è gāng duó shí