ち
池
ぎょ
魚
　
の
わざわい
殃

expression, noun

Idiomatic expression.
  1. collateral damage, getting embroiled in someone else's dispute, having a fire spread to one's own house.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ち
池
ぎょ
魚
　
の
わざわい
殃
 池魚の殃 ちぎょのわざわい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pond, cistern, pool
いけ　チ (2nd, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
to be (classical)
ヤ　なり　エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ　メ　やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
misfortune, disaster, calamity
オウ　ヨウ　わざわい (Kentei 1)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ　ガチ　タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
center, middle
オウ　あきら　え (3rd, N2)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)