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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 城門失火,殃及池魚 [ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄕ ㄏㄨㄛˇ , ㄧㄤ ㄐㄧˊ ㄔˊ ㄩˊ; cheng2 men2 shi1 huo3 , yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2]
 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee