homicide by quackery(yōng yī shā rén)

homicide by quackery

Mediocrity kills people, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ō ngy ī sh ā R é n, which means that a doctor with poor medical skills misuses drugs to kill people. It comes from the history of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the history of the Song Dynasty, Shi Huo Zhi (Shi Huo Zhi), it is said that "if the imperial physician is asked to choose the right medicine to observe the pulse, that is to say, the county magistrate will give the medicine and judge the symptoms of the disease, so that the poor people will not be misled by the quack doctor and die young."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in medicine

Examples

The 68th chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "I have a few grassroots prescriptions that can cure serious diseases. I can cure them by taking care of their emotions. Even if the doctor is killed, he will only ask a quack about the charge of murder, and he will not die. "

Chinese PinYin : yōng yī shā rén