城门失火，殃及池鱼
Traditional form:
城門失火，殃及池魚
Pinyin (reading):
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
- 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
- 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 殃 - misfortune, disaster, calamity
- 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
- 池 - pool, pond; moat; cistern
- 鱼 - fish
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