chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
Traditional: 城門失火，殃及池魚
城门失火，殃及池鱼 (chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú) is a Chinese word meaning “a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer; fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions; ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee”.
Meanings
- 1a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee