1. Poaching ears as a trick
2. Poaching one's mind
3. Poaching flesh to mend sores
4. Poaching corners
5. Tapping potential
Poaching ears as a trick
Pinyin: wā ěr dàng zhāo
Interpretation: Seeing others picking their ears with their hands, but mistakenly thinking that It's to greet yourself. It is a metaphor for a very urgent desire to achieve a goal.
Source: Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "Eternal Words to Awaken the World·Wu Yameni Neighboring Boat Arrives for an Appointment": "The Wu Yameni was thinking about Miss He and couldn't sleep well all night. In the morning, He Sihu invited He to dig his ears. "It's a trick."
Example sentence: It's really funny to flatter a horse to the point of picking his ears.
Strong thinking
Pinyin: wā kōng xīn sī
Interpretation: To describe exhausting one's thoughts and leaving no stone unturned.
Source: "Lace Literature·Three Ugly Examination Halls" (Lu Xun)
Example: They always think hard and come up with some money-making ideas. Take my word for it and don't get involved.
Digging flesh to mend sores
Pinyin: wā ròu bǔ chuāng
Interpretation: It is a metaphor for focusing only on the present and using harmful methods to relieve emergencies.
Source: Tang Dynasty Nie Yizhong's "Yong Tian Jia" poem about digging flesh to repair sores: "Sell new silk in February, sell new grain in May; heal the sores in front of the eyes, but cut out the flesh in the heart."
Example: ?This is an out-and-out method of digging out flesh to mend sores and tearing down the east wall to mend the west wall, building one place and destroying another.
Poaching
Pinyin: ?wā qiáng jiǎo
Interpretation: It is a metaphor for destroying the opponent's foundation and demolishing the opponent's platform.
Source: Mao Zedong's "The Issue of Independence and Autonomy of the United Front": "Both sides will not poach each other's corners, and each other will not organize secret branches within each other's military, political, and military forces."
Example: ?The most terrifying thing about doing business is There are moles and poachers, and we should learn from them.
Tapping potential
Pinyin: wā qián
Definition: Tapping hidden potential.
Source: "Xinhua Digest" Issue 1, 1982: "If everyone relied less on the state and tapped their own potential, what would our country be like!"
Example sentence : Both sides should seize the opportunity, tap into potential, expand the scale of cooperation, and strive to increase the annual trade volume between the two countries to US$10 billion in 2012.