Wash the intestines and stomach
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is x ǐ ch á NGD í w è I, which means that the metaphor is completely removed; the metaphor is completely changed. It's from "Helin Yulu".
The origin of Idioms
Volume 16 of Luo Da Jing's Helin Yulu: "if the traitors go away, it's proper to wash the stomach and intestines. If we take advantage of Wen Taizhen to open a way for the villain, and take advantage of fan Yaofu's words to worry about the future disaster for the gentleman, we will lose it."
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used in figurative sentences.
Examples
From then on, I'll wash my stomach to listen to the guide. Shen De Fu's Ye Huo Bian Li Bu Yi Yi Yi Tu Ren in Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : xǐ cháng dí wèi
Wash the intestines and stomach
look upon human lives as if they were grass. cǎo jiān rén mìng
be unable to obtain the slightest clue to one 's whereabouts. yǎo wú zōng yǐng
want to reach a high position -- like a stork hovering on high and crying proudly. féi dùn míng gāo
members of the imperial house. wáng gōng guì qī
Strike the bell and eat the tripod. jī zhōng dǐng shí