城门失火,殃及池鱼 cheng2 men2 shi1 huo3 , yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer

Traditional: 城門失火,殃及池魚

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English Phonetic: 'idiәm
Detailed Definition: n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up