sell family properties to relieve the distress of people(huǐ jiā shū nàn)

sell family properties to relieve the distress of people

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ǐ Ji ā sh ū n à n, which means to donate all the family property to help the country alleviate the difficulties. It comes from Zuozhuan, thirty years of zhuanggong.

Analysis of Idioms

Loyalty to the country and sacrifice one's life for the country

Idiom usage

Some people are willing to follow the will of all the people to revive the Song Dynasty. The 25th chapter of the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In Zuozhuan zhuanggong's thirty years, it is said that "Dou Gu was the commander of Tu and destroyed his family to relieve the state of Chu."

Idiom story

In 665 BC, the state of Chu ordered Yin Ziyuan to lead his army to attack the state of Zheng. After withdrawing his army, he lived in the palace and wanted to occupy the wife of the dead King Wen of Chu. The Minister of the state of Chu removed Ziyuan with a plan and let Dougu Yutu be his Lingyin. Dougu Yutu saw that the country was poor and weak, so he took out all his property to help the country.

Chinese PinYin : huǐ jiā shū nàn