echo what others say(yǐ shuǐ jǐ shuǐ)

echo what others say

Water for water, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Shu ǐ J ǐ Shu ǐ, meaning to use water to add flavor to water. It doesn't help to repeat what others say. From Zuo Zhuan, twenty years of Zhao Gong.

The origin of Idioms

In the 20th year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "when you say yes, you say no, you say no. If we use water for water, who can eat it? "

Idiom usage

If the method of treatment is not right, the disadvantages of it will be the metaphor of using water to help water. The Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: water helps water: similar idioms: wash blood with water, save water with water, save water with water, throw stones with water, throw water with water

Chinese PinYin : yǐ shuǐ jǐ shuǐ