the very fowls and dogs have no peace
The Chinese idiom, J ī Qu ǎ Nb ù n í ng in pinyin, means that the sound is noisy or disturbing so much that even the chickens and dogs are restless. It comes from Liu Zongyuan's the snake catcher in Tang Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Ning: peace. The harassment is so severe that even chickens and dogs are restless.
The origin of Idioms
Liu Zongyuan's snake catcher said: "those who are in an uproar and terrified are not calm. "
Idiom usage
As predicate, attributive, adverbial; refers to the army's harassment of the people
Chinese PinYin : jī quǎn bù níng
the very fowls and dogs have no peace
with both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship. dà hán xì rù
Cast the new and wash out the old. zhù xīn táo jiù