thieves and police work together , as the cat and the rat sleep together
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m āǔ OSH ǔ t ó ngch ǔ, refers to the official dereliction of duty, shielding subordinates to do bad things. It's also a metaphor for collusion. It comes from the book of the new Tang Dynasty, five elements annals I.
The origin of Idioms
In the new book of the Tang Dynasty, five elements annals 1: "in November of the first year of longshuo, Luozhou was a place where mice and cats lived together. Rats hide like thieves, while cats catch and bite. On the contrary, they are the same as rats, and those who steal like thieves abandon their jobs and allow adultery. "
Analysis of Idioms
Cat and mouse sleep together, cat and mouse milk together
Idiom usage
As object and attribute
Chinese PinYin : māo shǔ tóng chǔ
thieves and police work together , as the cat and the rat sleep together
Practice martial arts and cultivate literature. yǎn wǔ xiū wén
stop all corrupt practices to clean up source. dù bì qīng yuán
spread all across in confusion. héng qī shù bā