Eight-character idioms of missing fish

Title: The fire at the city gate damages the fish in the pool.

Pronunciation: chéng mén shhüu, yāng jí chí yú

Interpretation: disaster: bring disaster. Pool: moat. When the gate was on fire, everyone went to the moat to get water. The water ran out and the fish died. It is a metaphor for innocent people being dragged into trouble and suffering from disasters.

Idioms and their stories

Source: Ba Liang Wen by Du Bi in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "I am afraid that the apes in Chu will die, delay the trees, and the city gate will catch fire, which will hurt the fish in the pool."

example sentence

For example, if you are an ordinary person, but unfortunately you were born in an extraordinary era, "~" caused a lot of trouble for no reason. (Ling Ke and later when he turned to look, where the blood and tears were)