A phoenix with feathers is not as good as a chicken: a metaphor for a noble and prominent person. If he is in trouble, his position and position will be far below that of ordinary people.
This is a warning to those powerful people in modern times. If you look down on ordinary people with lower status than yourself, you will only be unlucky in the end. As the saying goes, water can carry a boat and also overturn it.
Extended information: the story that phoenix is not as good as chicken;
When the peacock first appeared on the screen, hundreds of birds came to celebrate, and the sound of praise was endless. Some people boast that it is a descendant of Phoenix, some people boast that it is a bird princess, and many birds simply say that it is the king of birds. The competition between parrots and crows is particularly fierce.
The crow is called Long Live Peacock King, and the parrot learns to call it Long Live Peacock King. Soon, the peacock fell ill, its hair fell off and its skeleton collapsed, and the birds didn't seem to know it. The crow saw it at the edge of the forest and asked the parrot to have a look.
It said to the parrot, "Did you see the chicken with the plague in front?" It is said that it was the Peacock King. Can you believe it? What peacock king? It was a pheasant that came out of nowhere.
When the peacock heard their comments, he sighed and said,' Yes, the feathered phoenix is not as good as the chicken. Things in the world, wealth and fame, what can last?
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