when all hares are killed , the hounds will be stewed and eaten(tù sǐ gǒu pēng)

when all hares are killed , the hounds will be stewed and eaten

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is t ù s ǐ g ǒ up ē ng, which means that when the rabbit dies, the Hound is cooked. It means that the person who serves the ruler is abandoned or killed. It comes from the family of Goujian, king of Yue in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian's "records of the Historian: Goujian family, king of Yue", says: "when all the birds are gone, good bows are hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks. The king of Yue is a man with a giraffed beak. He can share trouble with others, but not happiness with others. Why don't you go? "

Idioms and allusions

Fan Li

At the end of the spring and Autumn period, Wu and Yue fought for hegemony, and Yue was defeated by Wu, yielding to peace. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, lived on his salary and tasted his courage. He appointed Wen Zhong and Fan Li, the senior officials, to rectify the state affairs. After ten years of enduring humiliation and hard work, he turned the country into a strong one and finally defeated the state of Wu. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, destroyed the state of Wu. When he was having a banquet at the Wu palace, he found that Fan Li had disappeared. The next day, he found Fan Li's coat by the Taihu Lake. Everyone thought that Fan Li had committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake. But after a while, someone sent a letter to Wen Zhong, which said: "when all the birds are killed, the slingshot will be collected; when all the rabbits are caught, the hounds will be killed and cooked; when the enemy is destroyed, the counsellors will be abandoned or killed. As a man, the king of Yue can only share his sufferings, not his happiness. The doctor has not left him until now, and it is inevitable that he will be killed soon. " At this time, Wen Zhong knew that Fan Li did not die, but lived in seclusion. Although he didn't believe what he said in the letter, he often told him that he was ill and didn't go to court, which caused Gou Jian's suspicion for a long time. One day, Gou Jian visited Wen Zhong and left his sword to kill himself. Wen Zhong understood Gou Jian's intention and regretted that he should not listen to Fan Li's advice, so he had to lead his sword to commit suicide.

Han Xin

This idiom also refers to the situation when Liu Bang killed all the great generals who had made great achievements in the founding of the people's Republic of China in the Western Han Dynasty. In order to weaken Han Xin's influence, Liu Bang made Han Xin's disciples "king of Qi" as "king of Chu" in the fifth year of Han Dynasty, and kept him away from his place of fame. In the sixth year of Han Dynasty, someone timely denounced Han Xin's "rebellion", and Liu Bang demoted him as "Marquis of Huaiyin". In the tenth year of Han Dynasty, empress Lu Zhi lured Han Xin to Changle palace to kill him in the name of rebellion. Liu Bang won the world in 202 B.C., Han Xin lost his head in 196 B.C. these two monarchs and ministers who had been in trouble together only spent a little more than a year after the world was settled. Before his execution, Han Xin sighed "all the birds are gone, good bows are hidden; cunning rabbits die, running dogs are cooked; enemy countries are broken, schemers are dead".

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: remove the grind and kill the donkey, bury the bow, cross the river and tear down the bridge, ungrateful Antonyms: be grateful and unswerving

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attribute and satire. All the heroes who have seen in ancient times, when they become famous, will brush away, so as to avoid the disaster of "all the birds are hidden.". The ninth chapter of Water Margin by Chen Chen in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : tù sǐ gǒu pēng