Senses
城门失火,殃及池鱼/ 城門失火,殃及池魚 innocent bystanders suffer
(idiom) Lit. a fire in the city gates is a calamity for the fish in the moat (from which water is drawn to fight the fire); fig. innocent bystanders are dragged into a disaster or suffer due to circumstances beyond their control
城门失火,殃及池鱼/ 城門失火,殃及池魚 innocent victims of others' misfortune
the city gate catches fire and the fish in the moat suffer from it; a proverb meaning that innocent bystanders are often harmed by a disaster or conflict that does not concern them