( 5 ) 谚语 proverb : 城门失火，殃及池鱼。Gate is on fire, calamity impacts bring to the fish in the pool.

城门失火，殃及池鱼。
Gate is on fire, calamity impacts bring to the fish in the pool.

 

出处source***为东魏檄梁文
作者author ： 杜弼
朝代dynasty: 南北朝 (220 - 589 年 year)

 

意思meaning :
城门失火了，城里池中的鱼儿也无辜遭殃。
Gate is on fire, the fish in the pool of the city is the innocent to suffer.

发生祸害时，无辜的人平白受到牵连或祸害。
When the scourge of the event happens,  the innocent people to be implicated for no reason.

 

谨惕caution ：
身为领导者讲的话和做的决定都很重要，别让无辜的人平白受到牵连或祸害。
As a leader, the spoken words and the decision made are very important, do not let innocent people to be implicated into the scourge for no reason.

 

发生 happens
重要 important
无辜 innocent
祸害 scourge / calamity
决定 decision
讲的话 spoken words
牵连 implicated
将被牵连 to be implicated