throw to the wolves; deep hatred for evildoers
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to throw (evildoers) to jackals and tigers to be devoured; to express deep hatred for bad people
literaryDerived from the 'Xiangbo' chapter of the Book of Songs (Shijing), describing the wish to throw slanderers to wild beasts. Now used figuratively to express intense hatred toward evil people.
Duì对
yú于
zhè这
bān般
jiān奸
nìng佞
xiǎo小
rén人
，
gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
huái怀
yǒu有
tóu投
bì畀
chái豺
hǔ虎
zhī之
fèn愤
。
Toward such vile slanderers, ancient people often harbored the fierce hatred of wishing to throw them to the wolves.
Tā他
duì对
nà那
xiē些
tān贪
guān官
wū污
lì吏
hèn恨
de得
yǎo咬
yá牙
qiè切
chǐ齿
，
hèn恨
bu不
de得
jiāng将
tā他
men们
tóu投
bì畀
chái豺
hǔ虎
。
He ground his teeth in hatred toward those corrupt officials, wishing he could throw them to the jackals and tigers.
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Shī诗
zhōng中
biǎo表
dá达
le了
shī诗
rén人
duì对
chán谗
yán言
zhě者
de的
qiáng强
liè烈
zēng憎
hèn恨
，
hèn恨
bu不
de得
tóu投
bì畀
chái豺
hǔ虎
。
The poem expresses the poet's intense hatred for the slanderers, wishing to cast them to the wild beasts.