the end of it is evil(xiōng zhōng xì mò)

the end of it is evil

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ō ngzh ō NGX ì mॸ, which means that friendship can not always be maintained and friends become enemies. It comes from the biography of Wang Dan in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Dan's biography in the book of the later Han Dynasty says, "Zhang and Chen are at the end of the evil, Xiao and Zhu are at the end of the evil, so it's rare to know the whole."

Idiom usage

A friend becomes an enemy

Idioms and allusions

During the Han Dynasty, Zhang Er, who was a friend of Guan Bao, was very close to Chen Yu. He once vowed to be a close friend of Guan Bao. Later, Zhang Er became a general of the Han Dynasty, and had a conflict with Chen Yu. Finally, he killed Chen Yu by the water. In the same way, Xiao Yu and Zhu Bo, two close friends, became enemies because of their own interests, and finally killed each other.

Chinese PinYin : xiōng zhōng xì mò