chéng​mén​shī​huǒ​yāng​jí​chí​yú

innocent bystanders suffer

Senses

城门失火,殃及池鱼/ 城門失火,殃及池魚 chéng​mén​shī​huǒ​yāng​jí​chí​yú 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 chéng​mén​shī​huǒ​yāng​jí​chí​yú 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

References

see 池鱼之殃/池魚之殃 城门失火,殃及池鱼/城門失火,殃及池魚
same_as 殃及池鱼/殃及池魚 城门失火,殃及池鱼/城門失火,殃及池魚