城门失火，殃及池鱼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 城门失火，殃及池鱼 – see 城門失火，殃及池魚 (“a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat; to suffer as a bystander; to get caught in the crossfire”). (This term is the simplified form of 城門失火，殃及池魚).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.