live and let die(yáo wěi tú zhōng)

live and let die

In the middle, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á ow ě it ú zh ō ng, which means free life. Tail wagging, tail wagging. It comes from autumn water, Volume 6 of Chuang Tzu.

The origin of Idioms

"Chuang Tzu was fishing in the Pu River, and the king of Chu sent the two officials to the first place, saying:" I wish I was tired in the territory! " Chuang Tzu held the pole and said, "I heard that there was a tortoise in Chu. He died 3000 years old. The king's scarf was hidden in the temple. Would it be better for the turtle to die because it is expensive to keep bones? Would it be better for the turtle to live and drag its tail in Tuzhong? " The second doctor said, "it's better to be born than to be in the middle." Chuang Tzu said, "go! I will drag my tail in the painting. "

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in writing. In Jin Gehong's baopuzi qinqiu: "Lao Tzu takes longevity as his career, while Zhuang and Zhou are more valuable than others. They are not tortoises in the net or cows in the embroidery." He Jingming's poem "to Li Lang Zhong" says: "you should know about Saima in terms of gain and loss. It's not easy for ronghua to be a tortoise in the end." Tang Shunzhi's poem "other Taoists in Poyang" in the Ming Dynasty: "he knows that the declining Phoenix is a smile, and he can learn from Tu GUI." "If a turtle drags its tail in the mud of Yanggu, there will be no danger of drilling and burning." According to Bai Juyi of Tang Dynasty, Feng and Pei linggong went to Longquan of Taiyuan in March to remember the last year, and Luo Jianshi wrote: "Peng carries the turtle on his back and drags his tail, but clouds and mud can't travel with him." In Tang Dynasty, Qian Qi's poem "giant fish in the gully" said: "when you are in danger, you can see the swallow in the screen, but you can't see the turtle in the mud."

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: trailing the tail and smearing the middle

Idioms and allusions

Chuang Tzu, a famous thinker in the Warring States period, was very talented and learned. King Wei of Chu wanted to ask him to help the government. He sent two envoys to take many pearls and silk with him. On the Bank of pushui River, he saw Chuang Tzu, who lived in seclusion fishing here. Chuang Tzu told the envoys that he was willing to live in seclusion like a tortoise in the process of saving his life. The emissary had no choice but to leave bitterly.

Chinese PinYin : yáo wěi tú zhōng