one tries one 's best and still gets criticized for it(qiú quán zhī huǐ)

one tries one 's best and still gets criticized for it

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ú Qu á nzh ī Hu ǐ, which means that one wants to preserve one's reputation, but is slandered. It's from Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Li Lou Shang: "it has the reputation of being safe, and it has the destruction of seeking perfection."

Idiom usage

If you are familiar with it, you will feel more intimate; if you are intimate, you will inevitably be destroyed by perfection. (the fifth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : qiú quán zhī huǐ