Killing dogs with beef(fàn niú tú gǒu)

Killing dogs with beef

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f à NNI ú t ú g à u, which refers to engaging in lowly business. It also refers to those engaged in cheap business. It comes from Chen Zilong's reward for Wu Ci Wei in Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Chen Zilong of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem "pay Wu Ci Wei:" don't come down between Wu and Chu

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it is used in people's work. A poem by Ma Junsheng

Chinese PinYin : fàn niú tú gǒu