敲边鼓
      Explanation: Chimed the sidelines or help potential analogy.
      Usage: Verb-object type; as object; metaphor or help potential sufficient to draw the sidelines
      Source: Qing Li Baojia "Bureaucrats" 34 back: "That must apply for your brother to find his own, others we can only knock sidelines."
      Examples: Another hack day of ~, to the people got used to not only do come, but also work. ★ Lu Xun's "pseudo-free articles and the book title"