倒持泰阿倒持太阿；太阿倒持dào chí tài ēhold the sword by the blade—surrender one’s power to another at one’s own peril/ “咳，‘倒持太阿，授人以柄’； ——這就是！” (《茅盾文集》Ⅶ—139) “Our new Emperor holds the sword by the blade and lets others grasp the hilt! This is another case!”/～，授楚其柄。(《漢書·梅福傳》) It (referring to the Qin Dynasty)was holding the sword by the blade and giving the handle to the State of Chu. 倒持泰阿泰阿倒持dào chí tài ē泰阿：古代寶劍名。倒拿著寶劍，把劍柄給他人。比喻輕率地把權(quán)柄交給他人，自己反受其害。hold a sword upside down, surrender one’s power to another at one’s own peril, hold the sword by the blade |