不敢越雷池一步

/pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/

ÇINCE → TR

Tanım

•to dare not go one step beyond the limit; to stay strictly within bounds

Etimoloji

From a letter written in 327 CE, recorded in The Book of Jin: : At the time, Wen Jiao, a loyal general stationed in Xunyang (modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi), wanted to lead his troops to the capital Jiankang (modern Nanjing, Jiangsu) to suppress the rebellion led by the warlord Su Jun. However, Yu Liang, a high-ranking minister in charge of the imperial court, sent the letter above to Wen Jiao urging…