{"id":4603,"date":"2019-11-20T19:06:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2019-11-20T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:06:26","slug":"a-chinese-expression-that-all-rich-people-would-have-thought-about-ren-pa-chu-ming-zhu-pa-zhuang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/a-chinese-expression-that-all-rich-people-would-have-thought-about-ren-pa-chu-ming-zhu-pa-zhuang\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chinese expression that all rich people would have thought about: \u4eba\u6015\u51fa\u540d\u732a\u6015\u58ee"},"content":{"rendered":"
Q: Do you know what a pig is worried a<\/em>bout most?<\/p>\n

A: Getting too big and strong.<\/p>\n

Why? Because that is a<\/em>bout the time that he’ll be laid down on a butcher’s table and say his prayers before it’s last breathe – poor pig. Well the pig’s fate has been adopted by Chinese as a humorous Chinese ex<\/em>pression to describe the dilemma that most successful people would face when they harvest fame as a byproduct during their successful pursuit of business or career. Just because they are well known by the public, they are more vulnerable to all kinds of open attack.<\/p>\n

That’s why Hurun Report (Chinese rich people list) has been nicknamed as “\u6740\u732a\u699c (sh\u0101 zh\u016b bàng)” due to the fact that a few top rich people on the list were put into prison not long after they got on the top of the list.<\/p>\n

Chinese ex<\/em>pression \u4eba\u6015\u51fa\u540d\u732a\u6015\u58ee (rén pà ch\u016b míng zh\u016b pà zhuàng) is used for such condition. Literally it reads as “People dread fame as much as pigs dread being strong.” It’s meaning can summarized as “Great ho<\/em>nors are great burdens.” as well.<\/p>\n

Let’s learn how to use it through the following example:<\/p>\n

    zh\u0101ng xi\u0101nsheng de pígé sh\u0113ngyi y\u012b nián zuò dé b\u01d0 y\u012b nián h\u01ceo, k\u011b y\u012bnwèi y\u01d2u” rén pà ch\u016bmíng zh\u016b pà zhuàng” de x\u012bnl\u01d0, t\u0101 cónglái bùyuàn ji\u0113shòu jìzh\u011b c\u01ceif\u01ceng.<\/p>\n

    \u5f20\u5148\u751f\u7684\u76ae\u9769\u751f\u610f\u4e00\u5e74\u505a\u5f97\u6bd4\u4e00\u5e74\u597d. \u53ef\u56e0\u4e3a\u6709”\u4eba\u6015\u51fa\u540d\u732a\u6015\u58ee”\u7684\u5fc3\u7406, \u4ed6\u4ece\u6765\u4e0d\u613f\u63a5\u53d7\u8bb0\u8005\u91c7\u8bbf.<\/p>\n

    Mr. Zhang has done better and better on his leather business. However, he never wanted to be interviewed by the media due to his co<\/em>ncerns that great ho<\/em>nors are great burdens.
    1. ren-pa-chu-ming <\/p>\n

OK, now it’s your turn to turn it into your own vocabulary by practice, practice and practice!<\/p>\n

Have yourself a wo<\/em>nderful weekend and see you next time!<\/p>\n

PS: Thanks Barry to suggest a similar idiom in English: Fame can be a double-edged sword.
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