Traduction :
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
Référence :
民众犹如水,可以承载船,也可以倾覆船。比喻人民是决定国家兴亡的主要力量。
Origine :
《荀子·王制》:“传曰:‘君者舟也,庶人者水也,水则载舟,水则覆舟。’此之谓也。”
Exemple :
怨不在大,可畏惟人。~,报宜深慎。(唐·魏征《谏太宗十思疏》)
Annotation :
载舟覆舟1
1. zàizhōufùzhōu :
[EN] to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.