chí​yú​zhī​yāng

innocent people suffering from others' misfortunes

池鱼之殃 池魚之殃 chí​yú​zhī​yāng
innocent people suffering from others' misfortunes
disaster brought upon innocent people through being involved in someone else's misfortune; refers to a story where the water in a pond was drained to put out a fire, causing the fish to die

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