save the country and its people(jiù mín shuǐ huǒ)

save the country and its people

The Chinese idiom, Ji ù m í nshu ǐ Hu ǒ in pinyin, means to save people from the abyss. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

Analysis of Idioms

To save the world and the people

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia written by Mencius · Mencius · Mencius · in the pre Qin period: "today, Yan abused his people, and the king went to collect them, and the people thought that they would save themselves from fire and water."

Idiom usage

It's more formal; it's used as predicate, attribute and object; it's used to describe the disaster. In Wei xiuren's the trace of the moon in Qing Dynasty, "Su came here to save people's lives. He didn't want to have no people to save but thieves to kill." Yao xueyin's "Li Zicheng" Volume I Chapter 17: "strict requirements on military discipline, always remember '～'"

Chinese PinYin : jiù mín shuǐ huǒ