Good flesh gouges out sore
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ǎ or ò UW ā NCHU ā ng, which means to refer to making trouble out of nothing. It comes from huitongxindan, a continuation of zhuandenglu by Shi Weibai of Song Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Make trouble out of nothing
The origin of Idioms
Shi Weibai of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book of continued biography of lanterns: huitongxindan: "talking about Buddha and ancestors is just like gouging out a sore with good flesh; holding up the past and the present is just like scraps of rancid rice."
Idiom usage
It's more formal; it's a predicate; it's derogatory; it's a metaphor for making trouble out of nothing. It's just like gouging out the flesh. Everything is normal and falls into the world. Song · Shi Wuming's liandenghuiyao · Zen master Ji
Chinese PinYin : hǎo ròu wān chuāng
Good flesh gouges out sore
destroy the old and establish the new. pò jiù lì xīn
halls for the performance of songs and dances. gē tái wǔ xiè
Go to the East and go to the West. dōng zhēng xī tǎo
a gentle breeze and a bright sun -- fine weather. hé fēng lì rì