Idiom: Pinyin: shān mù zì kòu
English: Wood from the Cole Mountain
Explanation:
山上的树木,因长成有用之材,而被人砍伐。比喻因有用而不免于祸。
Source:
《庄子·人世间》
山木自寇也,膏火自煎也。”
Wiki: Pinyin: shān mù zì kòu
English: Wood from the Cole Mountain
Explanation:
山上的树木,因长成有用之材,而被人砍伐。比喻因有用而不免于祸。
Source:
《庄子·人世间》
山木自寇也,膏火自煎也。”
Chinese English: Pinyin: shān mù zì kòu
English: Wood from the Cole Mountain
Explanation:
山上的树木,因长成有用之材,而被人砍伐。比喻因有用而不免于祸。
Source:
《庄子·人世间》
山木自寇也,膏火自煎也。”
(literally) The trees in the mountains are felled because timber is useful.-- One's ability may be his own ruin