when the moon is at its full , it begins to wane(yuè mǎn zé kuī)

when the moon is at its full , it begins to wane

The Chinese idiom, Yu è m ǎ NZ é Ku ī, means that the full moon is missing, which means that things begin to decline when they develop to the extreme. It comes from the biography of fan Ju and Cai Ze in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of fan Ju and Cai Ze in historical records, it is said that "the sun moves at the middle of the day, and the moon is full, and the moon will be lost.". If things are prosperous, they will decline, and the constant of heaven and earth will be the same. "

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. How can you not know two proverbs? As the saying goes, "when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow." Another way is that "when you climb high, you will fall heavily." The 13th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

Chinese PinYin : yuè mǎn zé kuī