utterly unscrupulous in its zeal to please its master(zhí quán fèi yáo)

utterly unscrupulous in its zeal to please its master

Zhigou barks at Yao, a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh í Qu á NF è iy á o, which means that each person is his own master. It comes from Qi CE, the strategy of the Warring States period.

The origin of Idioms

Qi ce of the Warring States Period: "the dog barking at Yao with Zhi is not the one who is expensive but cheap, and the dog barking is not the master."

Idiom usage

Each metaphor is his own. Example: when a dog barks at Yao, barking is not his master; when a dove lives in a magpie's nest, he enjoys his success. Cheng dengji, Ming Dynasty (Volume 4)

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] zhigouyayao [tongyunci] huoshuxingqiao, Xiaozhuo jiaolao, qiaoyichao, yizhuyipiao, toutouneedou, hardworking, rooted, not pulling out a hair, jiuniuyimao, Shun Tian Yi, anti Tian Lao

Idioms and allusions

During the Warring States period, Qi minister Tian Dan didn't care to scold his Diao Bo. He prepared a banquet to ask him what was wrong? Diao Bo replied that it was not that Yao was not sage, but that he was in charge of his own affairs. Tian Dan recommended him to the king of Qi. The king of Qi sent him to the state of Chu, which aroused the dissatisfaction of nine favorite ministers of the king of Qi and attacked Tian Dan. Diao Bo made an impassioned speech to save Tian Dan.

Chinese PinYin : zhí quán fèi yáo