drive the fish into deep waters(wèi yuān qū yú)

drive the fish into deep waters

As a Chinese idiom, w è iyu ā NQ ū y ú in pinyin means that people on one side are forced to turn to the enemy by brutal rule. Now many metaphors do not unite people, some people who could have united to the hostile side. It's from Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · liloushang: "those who drive away fish for the deep are otters. For Cong to drive the nobility, he was also a rower; for Tang Wu to drive the people, Jie and Zhou were also

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: to drive away birds and marry for others; antonym: to harm others and benefit oneself

Idiom usage

He was abused by these unworthy officials, so as to drive away the fish. ——A brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : wèi yuān qū yú