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城门失火，殃及池鱼

chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú

9-character word Traditional 城門失火，殃及池魚

What 城门失火，殃及池鱼 means

1. a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
2. fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
3. ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

The characters in 城门失火，殃及池鱼

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 及jíand; to reach; up to
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼