Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「城門魚殃」, explained here.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「城門魚殃」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
The city gate caught fire and everyone went to the moat to fetch water. The water ran out and the fish died. A metaphor for suffering loss or harm due to being implicated.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chéng mén yú yāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sing4 mun4 yu2 yeung1
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