为渊驱鱼 wèiyuānqūyú to alienate one's own people Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 为渊驱鱼 為淵驅魚 wèiyuānqūyú to alienate one's own people Literally "to drive fish into deep waters for the otter"; used to describe a ruler driving people into the arms of the enemy or more generally to push away those who should be allies through poor methods. Frequency Written text 0.014 per million Cross-References Synonym 为丛驱雀 wèicóngqūquè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
为渊驱鱼 為淵驅魚 wèiyuānqūyú to alienate one's own people Literally "to drive fish into deep waters for the otter"; used to describe a ruler driving people into the arms of the enemy or more generally to push away those who should be allies through poor methods. Frequency Written text 0.014 per million Cross-References Synonym 为丛驱雀 wèicóngqūquè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
