Buy a calf and sell a knife(mǎi dú mài dāo)

Buy a calf and sell a knife

Buy a calf and sell a knife, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à ID ú m à ID à o, which means to sell swords and buy cattle. Originally, it means to lay down arms and engage in farming. Later, it means to change business, farmers or bad people to change evil and become good. From "reply to governor Guangzhong".

The origin of Idioms

In answer to governor Guangzhong written by Zhang Juzheng of Ming Dynasty, "it is not necessary to fight against millet and pieces of armor, but to make all the aggressors who have been fighting for years to surrender. It is not as good as buying a calf and selling a knife."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: selling swords to buy cattle, buying cattle to sell swords; Antonyms: fighting in the north and south, fighting militarily, selling calves to buy swords

Idiom usage

Stop the war.

Chinese PinYin : mǎi dú mài dāo