Fish in the water
Fish swimming in the cauldron, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú y ó UF è ID ǐ ng, which means fish swimming in a pot; it refers to being in a very dangerous situation and in danger of dying. It comes from Xingci Zhaoying county road.
The origin of Idioms
Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem on the road of Zhaoying County: "when fish swim in the cauldron, you will know that there is no day. When birds fall over a dangerous nest, you will not wait for the wind."
Idiom usage
To be on the verge of extinction. example fish swim in a boiling pot and turn into juice. In Qing Dynasty, Zhang pengdan's poem on abstinence from killing in heqiting (2) and in Southern Dynasty, Liang Qiuchi's book with Chen Bo: "but the general fish is swimming in the boiling cauldron, and the swallow's nest is above the flying curtain, isn't it confused?"
Chinese PinYin : yú yóu fèi dǐng
Fish in the water
prey upon one 's country and injure the people. dù guó hào mín
Beat the marrow and spread the ointment. qiāo suǐ sǎ gāo
The tortoise crane has a long life. guī hè xiá shòu
Wash one's hands and do one's duty. xǐ shǒu fèng zhí