从井救人cóng jǐng jiù rénjump into a well to save sb who’s fallen in—try to do a good deed in the wrong way
❍ 井有仁[人]焉，其从之也？(《论语·雍也》)There is a man in the well;will you go in after him?/我虽至愚， 亦不肯～。(孔尚任《桃花扇·却籨》) I may be foolish,but I won’t throw myself into a well on his behalf. 从井救人cónɡ jǐnɡ jiù rén从：跟从。跟着跳下井去救落井的人。比喻做好事的方式不当，不能救人反而危及自己。a method not suited for the purpose, try to do a good deed in the wrong way, risk one’s life without doing others any good |