restrain the powerful and help the weak(yì qiáng fú ruò)

restrain the powerful and help the weak

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì Qi á NGF ú Ru ò, which means to suppress violence and help the weak. It comes from yuejueshu.

Idiom explanation

Restrain: suppress; help: help.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Kang's yuejueshu waizhuan Benshi of Han Dynasty: "when Gou Jian was in power, the emperor was weak, and all the princes rebelled, so Gou Jian restrained the strong and supported the weak."

Idiom usage

Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. "The government is restraining the strong and supporting the weak." when we see injustice on the road, we should draw a sword to help each other. Originally, we meant to restrain the strong and support the weak and maintain each other. (the forty second chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : yì qiáng fú ruò