城门失火，殃及池鱼
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer; fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions; ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
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Traditional: 城門失火，殃及池魚
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- (idiom) a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
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五常(wǔ cháng)· five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信
→惹火烧身(rě huǒ shāo shēn)· stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
→受难(shòu nàn)· to suffer a calamity
→大难不死(dà nàn bù sǐ)· to just escape from calamity
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