To bury and slaughter dogs(chuí mái tú gǒu)

To bury and slaughter dogs

As a Chinese idiom, Zhu í m á it ú g ǒ u in pinyin means killing people and killing dogs; it refers to committing crimes and engaging in low-grade occupation. It's from the book of power, Gaozu.

The origin of Idioms

Su Xun of Song Dynasty wrote in the book of power: Gaozu: "who said that after the age of a hundred, when a person who slaughters dogs sees his relatives taking advantage of the power to become emperor, he will not gladly follow the evil spirit?"

Analysis of Idioms

The bones of those who beat up sad songs and slaughtered dogs have been rotten, and the name of Yanzhao is still popular among scholars and doctors. A record of one palm garden by Liu Dakui in Qing Dynasty

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used of a villain.

Examples

The bones of those who beat up sad songs and slaughtered dogs have been rotten, and the name of Yanzhao is still popular among scholars and doctors. A record of one palm garden by Liu Dakui in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : chuí mái tú gǒu