The tortoise and the jade are destroyed(guī yù huǐ dú)
The tortoise and the jade are destroyed
Tortoise shell and precious jade were destroyed in the box. It refers to the failure of the assistant minister to destroy the national destiny. From the Analects of Confucius Ji Shi.
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius of pre Qin Dynasty, Ji Shi said, "the tiger's cudgel came out of cudgel, and the tortoise's jade was destroyed in cudgel. Who's fault?"
Idiom usage
This is a metaphor for the failure of the assistant minister in his duty to destroy the country's fortune! I'm so ashamed to read it Xing min Shu in the history of the Old Five Dynasties, the history of the Tang Dynasty and the Wu Huang Ji Xia said: "speech is the fault of those who guard the canon, and it is also the fault of those who assist the prime minister."
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