Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash. Research shows that people form quick and strong bonds over shared hatred. Nothing has been more relatable.

Literally just 5 Chinese idioms for you to bad-mouth people in a very specific and extra way

Life is short, so why not

Quick update: My last Medium post was from February; my last Chinese Thought Pills post was from October; a lot of things have changed since then. I enrolled in a post-grad program, went to Australia because of the program, got back to Hong Kong and literally became frantic (see last Medium post). You know that I didn’t update the publication for a while; I know that I didn’t update the publication for a while.
Yea.
Sorry for trapping you in this awkward grey box.
Let's use my terrible coping mechanism with life's problems (i.e. pretending that nothing has changed)and continue with the original programming:

Reason why I wrote this post: I flipped through my old Chinese idiom book and couldn’t find any idiom which I can package into a thing that vaguely resembles chicken soup for the soul.

Idiom #001: Not Pulling One Hair (一毛不拔)

Idiom Description:
There’s this philosopher during the Warring States period called Yang Zhu whose main idea was that everyone should not work against their own nature. To explain his idea, he once said, “Even when people say you can save the world by just pulling one of…