not press an enemy at bay
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Qi ó NGK ò um ò Zhu ī, which means not to pursue the enemy who has no way to go, so as to avoid the enemy's urgent counterattack and causing their own losses. The metaphor should not be too compelling. It's from Sun Tzu's military struggle.
Idiom explanation
Poor Bandits: desperate enemies. Do not pursue the enemy who has no way to go, so as to avoid the enemy's hasty counterattack and causing his own losses. The metaphor should not be too compelling.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Tzu's military struggle: "don't force the poor, this is the way to use the army."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute, it refers to the enemy who does not pursue and has no way to go. ······The ninety fifth chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : qióng kòu mò zhuī
not press an enemy at bay
just talk for the sake of talking. gū wàng yán zhī
recover for illness without medical help. bù yào ér yù
Licking carbuncle and sucking hemorrhoid. shì yōng shǔn zhì
be cut off from the outside world. dù mén què sǎo
It's hard to get rid of useless things. wǎng wù nán xiāo