feel sad for the loss of one 's kind(tù sǐ hú bēi)

feel sad for the loss of one 's kind

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ù s ǐ h ú B ē I. It means that the rabbit and the fox form an alliance to fight against the hunter. When the rabbit dies, the fox is sad because he has lost his ally. The fox is really sad. After describing the death of the alliance or unfortunate and sad. It comes from the biography of Li Quan in the history of Song Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym Schadenfreude

The origin of Idioms

Li Quanzhuan in the history of Song Dynasty: "when the fox dies and the rabbit weeps, the Li family dies, and the Xia family lives alone?" The fourth discount of Yuan Wu Ming Shi's "earn Kuai Tong" is: "today when Kuai Che is cooked in oil, it's just the so-called" rabbit dies, fox mourns, and Hui sighs. "

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. When a turtle calls, a turtle answers; when a rabbit dies, a fox mourns. (Yu Xiao Ling Yin by Tian Yijuan in Ming Dynasty)

Idioms and allusions

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Shandong farmers under the rule of Jin Dynasty set off a wave of anti Jin struggle. Among them, the most famous are the red coat armies led by Yang an'er and Li Quan. The rebellion was suppressed by the Jin army, and Yang an'er died. Yang Miaozhen, Yang an'er's younger sister, led the uprising army to move from Yidu to Juxian County to continue the struggle. Later, Yang Miaozhen and Li Quan became husband and wife, and the two troops joined. In 1218 ad, they joined the Song Dynasty and settled in Chuzhou (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province). Since then, Li Quan had the ambition of developing his own strength and seizing one side. In April 1227, he was surrounded by the Mongolian army going south and surrendered. In February 1227, the Song Dynasty sent Taiwei Xia Quan to lead the attack on Chuzhou. Yang Miaozhen sent someone to fight for Xia Quan and said to him, "don't you also lead people from Shandong to the Song Dynasty? Now you have come to attack us. For example, if a rabbit dies, a fox will feel sad and cry. If Li Quan dies, is Xia omnipotent the only one who can survive? I hope the general will unite with us. " Xia Quan agreed. Later, "Yuan Qu Xuan Wu Ming Shi's" earn Kuai Tong "four said:" today's cooking Kuai Che with oil is just the so-called rabbit death and fox sorrow. " Later, people quoted the idiom "the rabbit died and the fox mourned" to describe the sadness caused by the death or failure of the same kind.

Chinese PinYin : tù sǐ hú bēi