To drink and make medicine empty
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Zhu ó y í NGJ ì x ū, which refers to those who take extra to make up for deficiency or loss. From the Qing Huidian case · Hubu · Jichu.
The origin of Idioms
In the case of qinghuidian, Hubu, Jichu, it is said that "the surplus of valley price in other counties should be used to supplement the purchase, so as to make up for the deficiency, and help Peter's plan."
Idiom usage
Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning.
Examples
"Please rule Zongfan case Shu" does not lose the benevolence of the development of kinship and amity, and does not lose the skill of discretion.
In Zheng Guanying's critical words in the flourishing age: sincere famine in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "the more the better, the less, the better."
The series of materials on Modern Chinese history, archives of the Qing Dynasty during the revolution of 1911 · Wuchang Uprising · on the war between the people and the Qing army, says: "the government should make overall financial planning, and make up for it with the budget."
According to the Ming Chen list of miscellaneous notes of Wanshu (Funds II), "it's a waste of money to cover the expenses within the limits of one's income
Chinese PinYin : zhuó yíng jì xū
To drink and make medicine empty
prance like the dragon and watch like the tiger. lóng xiāng hǔ shì
with an aching head and a broken heart. jí shǒu tòng xīn