stir up a wasps ' nest or provoke a scorpion(liáo fēng tì xiē)
stir up a wasps ' nest or provoke a scorpion
As a Chinese idiom, Li á of ē NGT ì Xi ē in pinyin means to provoke evil people and ask for trouble. It's from the wall.
The origin of Idioms
The third fold of Baipu's wall horse in Yuan Dynasty: "to stir up the bees and pick the scorpions, to beat the grass and frighten the snake, to destroy our wall's love story."
Idiom usage
It is a metaphor for provoking the wicked and asking for trouble.
Examples
But I'm afraid that he has no one to decide. I hate XiMenqing, but I'm not going to tease the bee and pick the scorpion. Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty Chapter 26
Chinese PinYin : liáo fēng tì xiē
stir up a wasps ' nest or provoke a scorpion
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