殃及池魚 [－－－鱼]

Jyutping joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4
Pinyin yāng jí chí yú

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (idiom) innocent/ bystander get into a trouble or get involved in an situation or affair of others
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    全句​「​城門​失火​，​殃及​池魚​」​，​提到​城門​火燭​，​人用​池入​邊​嘅​水​嚟​救火​，​結果​池​裏​邊​嘅​魚​就​乾​死​。​意思​係​同​自己​有關​連​嘅​嘢​受​損​傷​嘅​時​候​，​自己​好難​獨善​其身​，​亦​可以​解作​無端​端​被​捲​入​一​啲​壞​事​。
    to be a collateral
    • 反貪浪潮一出，澳門對出嘅賭船就紛紛執笠，可謂殃及池魚。
      反贪浪潮一出，澳门对出嘅赌船就纷纷执笠，可谓殃及池鱼。
      faan2 taam1 long6 ciu4 jat1 ceot1, ou3 mun2 deoi3 ceot1 ge3 dou2 syun4 zau6 fan1 fan1 zap1 lap1, ho2 wai6 joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4.
      During the anti-corruption campaign, the casino yachts far from the coast of Macau, as a collateral, were shut down.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    反贪浪潮一出，澳门对出嘅赌船就纷纷执笠，可谓殃及池鱼。
    反貪浪潮一出，澳門對出嘅賭船就紛紛執笠，可謂殃及池魚。
    faan2 taam1 long6 ciu4 jat1 ceot1, ou3 mun2 deoi3 ceot1 ge3 dou2 syun4 zau6 fan1 fan1 zap1 lap1, ho2 wai6 joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4.
    • During the anti-corruption campaign, the casino yachts far from the coast of Macau, as a collateral, were shut down.
  2. Cantonese
    殃及池鱼
    殃及池魚
    • to involve / to cause collateral damage to the innocent (lit.: to involve the fish in the pond)
  3. Cantonese
    殃及池鱼
    殃及池魚
    joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4
    • to cause innocent starting suffering