yāng
chí

idiom
proverb

Meaning of 殃及池鱼

殃及池鱼 means to suffer from someone else's disaster; to be affected by someone else's misfortune; to suffer by association. Pronounced yāng jí chí yú.

  • to suffer from someone else's disaster; to be affected by someone else's misfortune; to suffer by association

Definitions & Examples

Liǎng
jiā
gōng
è
xìng
jìng
zhēng
 
yāng
chí
 
men
zhè
xiē
gōng
yìng
shāng
gēn
zhe
kuī
běn
 

The two companies engaged in cutthroat competition, and we suppliers suffered along with them, also losing money.

Zhè
chǎng
zhèng
zhì
dòu
zhēng
qiān
lián
tài
guǎng广
 
duō
de
rén
dōu
yāng
chí
 

This political struggle implicated too many people, and many innocent individuals suffered as a result.

Chéng
mén
shī
huǒ
 
yāng
chí
 
lín
chǎo
jià
 
men
zhù
zài
de
ān
níng
 

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer; when neighbors quarrel, we who live next door also cannot have peace.

yào
yīn
wèi
men
de
máo
dùn
ér
yāng
chí
 
yǐng
xiǎng
dào
tóng
shì
de
gōng
zuò
 

Don't let your conflict bring misfortune to others by affecting the work of other colleagues.