harass the people and waste money(láo mín shāng cái)

harass the people and waste money

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is l á om í NSH ā NGC á I, which means to make people toil and spend money; now it also refers to the abuse of human and material resources. From Zhouyi · Jie.

The origin of Idioms

Zhouyi · Jie: "do not harm wealth, do not harm the people."

Analysis of Idioms

[antonym] kill two birds with one stone, get twice the result with half the effort and kill two birds with one stone

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. All the people in the world are striving for wonderful skills when they hear about the wind, then it will start from then on. In Ming Dynasty, Yu jideng's "records of allusions" Volume 2 and the third chapter of "chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty": "King Ping said:" today's dog army is approaching the capital of Ho, and the disaster is unexpected. How can I move my capital to Luo? " It's not easy to build this palace because it's burned. It's a waste of money and people's resentment. "

Chinese PinYin : láo mín shāng cái