unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one(kè mù wéi lì)

unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one

The Chinese idiom, K è m ù w é IL ì, means not to be insulted by a jailer, even a jailer made of wood can't see him. To describe the ferocity of a warder. It comes from the biography of Sima Qian in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Can't be insulted by the warder, even the wood warder can't see him. To describe the ferocity of a warder.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Sima Qian in the history of Han Dynasty, "the scholars had the potential to draw a picture of the land as a prison, but they were not able to enter into it. They were not right to cut wood as an official. They decided to make a fresh plan." In the biography of Lu Wenshu in the history of Han Dynasty, "it is wrong to carve wood as an official."

Analysis of Idioms

Cut wood to be an official

Idiom usage

It's not easy to draw a picture for the prison, and it's not right to carve a wood for the official. A series of wild guests by Wang Yao of Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : kè mù wéi lì