The birds are startled by the fish(niǎo jīng yú hài)

The birds are startled by the fish

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Ni à OJ à ngy ú h à I, which means to be frightened like a bird or a fish. It comes from Tan Erhua's book in response to Kaifu in Shu.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Juzheng's answer to tan Erhua's book of Kaifu in the middle of Sichuan Province in the Ming Dynasty: "the people of the neighboring areas of Sichuan are rugged and easy to move. Most of them are pacified when they are appeased, disordered when they are disturbed, lazy when they are bored, and strange when they are anxious when they are frightened."

Idiom usage

Used as an attribute or adverbial; used in alarm.

Chinese PinYin : niǎo jīng yú hài