Bopomofo

Explanation: If the water is too clear, fish can't survive. If you are too strict with people, no one can be their partner. Metaphor is that if you care too much about people's small shortcomings, you can't unite people.

Source: Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty, "Dai Dai Li Ji Zhang Zi asked to become an official": "Therefore, there is no fish when the water is clear, and there is no disciple when people examine it."

Therefore, it is natural that the government should perform well in the inspection.

★ Biography of the Book of Jin in Guo Pu

Synonym: Clear water without fish.

Antonym: fish in troubled waters

Grammar: making clauses; Used to persuade people.