suffer from others' disaster; misfortune by association
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to suffer from someone else's disaster; to be affected by someone else's misfortune; to suffer by association
Often used as the second half of the proverb '城门失火，殃及池鱼' (when the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer). The fish suffer because the water is drained to put out the fire. Can be used standalone.
Liǎng两
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
è恶
xìng性
jìng竞
zhēng争
，
yāng殃
jí及
chí池
yú鱼
，
wǒ我
men们
zhè这
xiē些
gōng供
yìng应
shāng商
yě也
gēn跟
zhe着
kuī亏
běn本
。
The two companies engaged in cutthroat competition, and we suppliers suffered along with them, also losing money.
Zhè这
chǎng场
zhèng政
zhì治
dòu斗
zhēng争
qiān牵
lián连
tài太
guǎng广
，
xǔ许
duō多
wú无
gū辜
de的
rén人
dōu都
yāng殃
jí及
chí池
yú鱼
。
This political struggle implicated too many people, and many innocent individuals suffered as a result.
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Chéng城
mén门
shī失
huǒ火
，
yāng殃
jí及
chí池
yú鱼
，
lín邻
jū居
chǎo吵
jià架
，
wǒ我
men们
zhù住
zài在
gé隔
bì壁
de的
yě也
bù不
dé得
ān安
níng宁
。
When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer; when neighbors quarrel, we who live next door also cannot have peace.
Bù不
yào要
yīn因
wèi为
nǐ你
men们
de的
máo矛
dùn盾
ér而
yāng殃
jí及
chí池
yú鱼
，
yǐng影
xiǎng响
dào到
qí其
tā他
tóng同
shì事
de的
gōng工
zuò作
。
Don't let your conflict bring misfortune to others by affecting the work of other colleagues.