Unraveling the mysteries of Chinese folk tales and legends
https://letslearnchinese.org/articles/chinese-folk-tales-and-legends/
A comparison of some well-known traditional tales from Chinese culture and Western culture
Thanks!
Also, this was a while ago, so I might be misremembering it, but one of my best homies in High School was a Chinamen. He told me this Chinese idiom/saying, and I remember thinking how fucked up it was, but he basically translated it as:
Don't throw rocks at a child who has fallen into a well
I remember thinking it was fucked up, because who would throw a rock at a kid who fell down a well?
Do you know if this is a real saying?
It's not only about children, but anyone.
“落井下石” (luò jǐng xià shí) literally means “to throw stones at someone who has fallen into a well.”
It describes the act of kicking someone when they’re already down—making things worse for someone in a vulnerable state.
Unless it's a coin clipping jew who fell while trying to poison it.
It describes the act of kicking someone when they’re already down
Ah, it makes way more sense when you describe it like that.
For some reason, I just thought Chinese children were evil, and liked to throw rocks at people who couldn't fight back.
Sincerely, thank you for explaining it to me.