Bury the wheel and break the column(mái lún pò zhù)

Bury the wheel and break the column

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m á IL ú NP ò zh ù, which means that it means to be upright and not afraid of power. The source is Pei Zhu Shi Yushi system.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Zhen's Pei Zhu Shi Yu Shi Zhi in Tang Dynasty said, "I'm very different that Ji Dai returns, and those who bury the wheel and break the pillar will never come back."

Idiom story

In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Liang Ji monopolized the power to destroy the government. Zhang Gang, a Guanglu doctor, was ordered to punish corrupt officials. When he got out of Luoyang, he buried his car and went back to Luoyang to impeach Liang Ji. Li Ying raids Zhang rang's younger brother Zhang Shuo and vows to uphold the imperial court's discipline.

Idiom usage

To be unafraid of power

Examples

Some people like Zhang Gang are here.

Chinese PinYin : mái lún pò zhù