Throw oneself into the river and rush into the well
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó uh é B è NJ ǐ ng, which means to jump into a river and into a well. It means to commit suicide. It comes from yuhuchun written by Wuhan minister in Yuan Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: looking for life and death
The origin of Idioms
The third fold of yuhuchun written by Wuhan Minister of the Yuan Dynasty: "you can't move your head and face, run into the river and well, drag the lane and the street, open your tongue to cheat your mouth, and use sweet words to make soap white."
Idiom usage
It is used as object and attribute.
Examples
The 45th chapter of Xue Gang's rebellion against Tang Dynasty written by Rulian Jushi in Qing Dynasty: "if his mother and daughter have something to do, I will send you two to the government for investigation, and I will never forgive you!"
Chinese PinYin : tóu hé bēn jǐng
Throw oneself into the river and rush into the well
just miss the person or opportunity. shī zhī jiāo bì
He who gains will prosper, and he who loses will perish. dé rén zhě chāng,shī rén zhě wáng
return to original purity and simplicity. guī zhēn fǎn pǔ
get rid of an evil for the people. wèi mín chú hài
accumulate evil and later one suffered. jī è yú yāng
marriages of one's sons and daughters. xiàng píng zhī yuàn
The people are poor and the country is poor. mín kùn guó pín