in imminent peril(yú yóu fǔ zhōng)

in imminent peril

Fish swimming in the pot, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú y ó UF ǔ zh ō ng, which means fish swimming in the pot; it refers to being in danger and dying. It comes from the biography of Zhang Gang in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Kettle: pot.

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty, Zhang Gang biography:" if the fish swim in the pot, breathing in a moment

Idiom usage

Jiang Shang enters the mountain like a fish in a bath, and the meat is on the table. (Chapter 91 of the romance of Fengshen by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty)

Idiom story

During the period of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ying gathered people to kill the cruel governor of Guangling and moved to Yangzhou and Xuzhou. The imperial court had nothing to do with him. Liang Ji, the general, appointed Zhang Gang as the prefect of Guangling. Zhang Gang took the initiative to lead the rebel army to surrender by means of appeasement. Zhang Ying said that the uprising could not endure the oppression of the former prefect, and it could not last long.

Chinese PinYin : yú yóu fǔ zhōng