fail to command(shǐ yáng jiàng láng)

fail to command

The Chinese idiom is sh à y á ngji à NGL á ng, which means to send sheep to command wolves. Metaphor is not enough to command. It is also a metaphor to make the kind man control the strong and ambitious man, which is a bad thing. It comes from the liuhou family in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records liuhou aristocratic family: "and all the generals that the prince had, they all had the same taste as the powerful generals in the world. It's no different from using a sheep to subdue a wolf. "

Idiom usage

The weak, as well as the weak, will be in chaos. In the Western Han Dynasty, Huan Kuan's on salt and iron

Idiom story

After Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, won the throne, he granted some great meritorious officials as kings of different surnames. These meritorious officials were not satisfied with each other, and rebellious events occurred one after another. Yingbu raised the flag of rebellion when he saw the meritorious officials killed. Liu Bang sent the prince and his veterans to fight against the rebellion, hoping to abolish the prince. Empress Lu saw Liu Bang's stratagem, so she remonstrated and asked Liu Bang to fight in person.

Chinese PinYin : shǐ yáng jiàng láng