be fair in buying and selling
The Chinese idiom, G ō NGM ǎ Ig ō NGM à I in pinyin, means that the public purchases goods from the people and makes fair trade so as not to make the people suffer losses. It comes from the lamp on the wrong road by Li Lvyuan in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 17th chapter of Qiludeng written by Li Lvyuan in the Qing Dynasty: "when you were a Taoist, you could buy and sell grass beans in the post, and you would not lose anything to the farmers."
Idiom usage
They don't rob. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Volume 1, Chapter 16
Analysis of Idioms
Fair trade
Chinese PinYin : gōng mǎi gōng mài
be fair in buying and selling
To be the master of one's family. chèn jiā yǒu wú
icy as symbol of purity of character. bīng jī xuě cháng
Come in the soup, go in the water. tāng lǐ lái,shuǐ lǐ qù
follow the tracks of an overthrown chariot -- follow the same old disastrous road. dǎo qì fù zhé