generosity and severity complement each other
In Chinese, the Pinyin is Ku ā nm ě ngxi ā NGJ ì, which means that political measures should be lenient and strict. From Zuo Zhuan, twenty years of Zhao Gong.
Notes on Idioms
Leniency: tolerance; ferocity: harshness, ferocity; Economy: help each other.
The origin of Idioms
In the 20th year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "when the government is lenient, the people will be slow; when the government is slow, the people will correct it fiercely; when the government is fierce, the people will be disabled; when the government is disabled, the people will be lenient. Leniency helps violence, violence helps leniency, and politics is peace. "
Idiom usage
Political measures should be lenient and severe.
Examples
The way to govern is to help each other with leniency and violence. The ninth chapter of a brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
Both leniency and violence
Chinese PinYin : kuān měng bìng jì
generosity and severity complement each other
display only a small part of one 's talent. xiǎo shì fēng máng
the four corners of the land. jiāng nán hǎi běi
rub smooth one 's whole body from the crown to the heel. mó dǐng fàng zhǒng