look on at sb . 's trouble with indifference(gé àn guān huǒ)

look on at sb . 's trouble with indifference

Watching fire across the bank, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g é à NGU à nhu à, which means watching fire across the river. It means to stay out of the trouble, not to help others in danger, but to stand idly by. It's from touye Qiji.

Analysis of Idioms

Look on with cold eyes and do nothing to help

Antonym: act bravely for a just cause and be on the scene

The origin of Idioms

Tang qiankang's "to pay homage to Qiji" says: "the red world is as busy as fire on the other side, and the green mountain is as cold as ice."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning

Examples

He was in the middle of the night. The second act of Guo Moruo's nanguancao

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Watching the fire from the other side of the river means "watching the tiger fight from the mountain" and "watching the boat capsize from the Yellow Crane Tower". The enemy's internal division, intensified contradictions, mutual strife, irreconcilable, at this time, we must not act too hastily, otherwise it will cause them to join hands to deal with you temporarily. The right way is to stay still and let them kill each other, weaken their strength, or even collapse on their own.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao was defeated and died. Several sons fought for power. Cao Cao decided to defeat yuan's brothers. The brothers of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi went to Wuhuan. Cao Cao advanced to Wuhuan and defeated Wuhuan. The brothers of Yuan went to Gongsun Kang, the governor of Liaodong. Cao Ying's generals urged Cao Cao to calm Liaodong and capture Eryuan. Cao Cao laughed and said, "don't move. Gongsun Kang will send Er yuan's head to the door.". So he ordered his head teacher to turn back to Xuchang and observe the situation in Liaodong.

Gongsunkang heard that Eryuan had surrendered, and he had doubts. Yuan's father and son have always had the ambition to capture Liaodong. Now yuan's defeat is like a lost dog. They have no place to survive, so they have no choice but to go to Liaodong. If Gongsun kangru took in Er yuan, he would have future trouble. Moreover, taking in Er yuan would certainly offend Cao, a powerful Cao Cao. But he also considered that if Cao Cao attacked Liaodong, he had to take in two yuan to resist Cao Cao. When he found out that Cao Cao had turned back to Xuchang and had no intention of attacking Liaodong, he thought that it was harmful and useless to take in Er yuan. So he set up an ambush, summoned Er yuan, captured him at one stroke, cut off his head, and sent someone to Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao said to the generals with a smile: "Gongsun Kang has always been afraid of the yuan family's annexation of him. If two yuan come to the door, they must be suspicious. If we are in a hurry to use troops, they will join forces to resist. We're going to retreat, and they're going to be on fire. Look at the result. I didn't expect it! "

Allusion 2

According to the ancients, if you are arrogant and open, you will be attacked if you are forced, if you retreat, you will be far away, and then you will be in chaos. In the past, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi traveled to Liaodong, and there were still thousands of riders. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Kang, the governor of Liaodong, was not satisfied with his decision. And Cao Cao's powu pill, or Cao suizheng's, still brothers can be captured. "Cao said:" my side to chop send Shang, Xi head, do not bother soldiers In September, Cao Yinbing returned from Liucheng, and Kang immediately killed Shang and Xi, and passed on their heads. When the generals asked why, they bathed in the sun: "if they are afraid of waiting, if they are in a hurry, they will work together; if they are slow, they will draw a picture of each other, and their momentum will be the same." In other words, the way of fire attack in the book of war is also in accordance with the method of fire attack in the first paragraph of the chapter of fire attack in the book of war, and the principle of cautious action in the second paragraph, which is also consistent with the meaning of watching fire from the other side.

According to the notes, Sun Tzu's "fire attack" is also consistent with the idea of watching fire from the other side. This is quite right. In the latter part of fire attack, Sun Tzu emphasizes that war is a struggle for interests, and if we win a battle without actual interests, it will not work. Therefore, "if we do not move, we must not use it. If we do not fight, we must not be angry. If we do not fight, we must not be angry. Move in accordance with interests, and stop in accordance with interests. " Therefore, we must be cautious in the use of troops and avoid light warfare. War must aim at profit. Of course, watching the fire from the other side is not the same as standing by and watching the excitement. Once the time is ripe, we should change "sitting and watching" to "attacking" in order to win and gain profits.

Allusion 3

In the late Warring States period, Qin general Wu'an Jun Bai Qi completely annihilated 400 000 Zhao troops in the first World War of Changping. Bai Qi took advantage of the victory and even went to 17 cities in South Korea to reach Handan, the capital of Zhao state, which could be broken in the near future. The state of Zhao was in a critical situation. Su Dai, a disciple of Pingyuan king, offered advice to the king of Zhao and was willing to take risks to go to Qin to save burning eyebrows. The king of Zhao deliberated with his officials and decided to follow the plan.

Su Dai came to Xianyang with a big gift to meet Ying Hou fan Ju, and said to fan Ju, "Wu'an Jun, who was majestic in the first Changping war, is now approaching Handan. He is the number one meritorious official of the Qin State in unifying the world. I'm worried about you! You are above him now. I'm afraid you will have to be below him in the future. This person is not easy to get along with The Su Dynasty was so eloquent that he was silent. After a long time, he asked Su Dai what countermeasures he had. Su Dai said: "the state of Zhao is already very weak. Needless to say, why don't you persuade the king of Qin to agree to negotiate peace for the time being. In this way, you can deprive Wu'an of military power, and your position will be as stable as Mount Tai. "

Fan Ju immediately played to the king of Qin. "The soldiers of Qin have been working hard for a long time and need to be repaired. It's better to issue a temporary edict to stop the soldiers and allow the state of Zhao to secede the land for peace." The king of Qin agreed. As a result, the state of Zhao gave up six cities and the two countries struck.

Bai Qi was suddenly called to be a teacher in charge of the class. He was unhappy. Later, he knew that it was Hou fan Ju's suggestion, and he had nothing to do.

Two years later, the king of Qin sent troops to attack Zhao again. Bai Qi was ill and sent his mausoleum to lead 100000 troops. By this time, the state of Zhao had used the old general Lian Po, and the defense was very strict, so the Qin army could not attack for a long time. The king of Qin was so angry that he decided to let Bai Qi take charge of the army. Bai Qi said: "the commander-in-chief of the state of Zhao is honest and well versed in strategy, which is not comparable to Zhao Kuo at that time. Besides, the two countries have already negotiated peace, and now they are attacking, they will lose their faith in the vassals. So it's hard to win this time. " The king of Qin sent fan Ju to mobilize Bai Qi. The conflict between them was very deep. Bai Qi was ill and refused. The king of Qin said, "except for Bai Qi, is there no general in the state of Qin?" So he sent the mausoleum to attack Handan, and it didn't go down in May. The king of Qin ordered Bai Qi to take command again. Bai Qi pretended to be seriously ill and refused to accept orders. The king of Qin was so angry that he cut off Baiqi's official position and drove out Xianyang. At this time, fan Ju said to the king of Qin, "Bai Qi is full of resentment. If you let him go to other countries, it must be the disaster of the state of Qin." When the king of Qin heard this, he was sent to kill himself with a sword. Pitifully, Bai Qi, who made great contributions to Qin Guoli, came to this end.

When Baiqi surrounded Handan, there was no "fire" in the state of Qin, but the Su Dynasty ignited fan Ju's jealousy and caused civil strife in the state of Qin. The state of Zhao watched the fire from the other side of the river to save itself from extinction.

Allusion 4

In 1914, the first World War broke out. The allies, led by Britain and France, and the allies, led by Germany and the Austro Hungarian Empire, fought in Europe for a long time

For a long time, the United States "watched the fire" across the Atlantic Ocean. He did not move. Why? Because he has adopted such a strategy, he has been clamoring to maintain a neutral policy, neither to the Allies nor to the allies, but to seize the time to do business with these two groups and make a lot of windfall in the war. According to the then US president, it is the reasonable ambition of the United States to conquer foreign markets peacefully and decently. He believes that this is the best opportunity for the United States to occupy the European market . Because the two groups were busy fighting, they were completely involved in the war. Their entire national machinery was all operating for the war. At this time, everyone needed American steel, American chemical raw materials, and all American war materials. The United States took this opportunity to occupy the whole European market. Before the war, the United States was still a debtor country, After the war, the United States has become the largest creditor country in the world. From its pre War foreign debt of $6 billion to the end of the war, it issued its own foreign debt of $10.3 billion. At that time, all the allies and allies needed to buy things and strategic materials from the United States. At that time, the United States had only $1.9 billion in domestic gold reserves, and after one stop, the United States reached $4.5 billion What is the gold reserve? It was one half of the world's gold reserves at that time. The United States was rich in the first World War, but it was not enough. The war was still going on, and Europe was bleeding to the end. By 1917, the United States had seen that the form was almost the same. Germany, the head of the whole alliance, no longer had the strength to fight. The United States felt that the time was ripe, and it was enough to watch the fire from another shore The United States decided to take part in World War I, which is the end of World War I. therefore, it is said that the United States is fighting against Germany and its allies. In fact, at this time, it is fighting a dead tiger. With the noisy war of the United States, the United States took part in World War I, and the Allies led by Germany collapsed rapidly, and World War I ended.

After the end of the war, the United States became the most powerful country in the world. Before the war, the countries that were stronger than the United States, such as Britain, France, Germany and Russia, whether they were winners or losers, all became the second-class countries in the world. Only the United States became the first-class power.

About 20 years have passed since the outbreak of the Second World War. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the Americans still adopted this method. What method? He continued to watch the fire from the other side. This time, he watched the fire from the two sides of the ocean, the Pacific Ocean in the West and the Atlantic Ocean in the East. He watched the war on both sides of the Strait, the war in Europe and the war in Asia across the two sides. The Americans had enough of it, so they waited for the right time. What time? The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and gave the United States an excuse to take part in the war. The United States formally took part in the war. After the war, the United States completely became the first power in the world. Therefore, the whole process of the rise of the United States is a process of watching fire from other sides

The United States took advantage of its geographical advantages and separated from the two world wars

Chinese PinYin : gé àn guān huǒ