Draw a picture of the land and commit a prison(huà dì zuò yù)

Draw a picture of the land and commit a prison

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu à D à Zu à y à, which means that the metaphor can only be used within a specified scope. It's the same as "draw a dungeon". From Shuoyuan guide.

Idiom explanation

Metaphor is only allowed to operate within the designated scope. It's the same as "draw a dungeon".

The origin of Idioms

In Shuo yuan · GUI de written by Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty, "as the saying goes," if you draw a picture, you can't enter the prison; if you carve a wood for an official, it's not right. " This is the wind of ill officials and the words of grief. " Lu Wenshu's biography of the Han Dynasty is quoted as "painting the land as a prison".

Chinese PinYin : huà dì zuò yù