The fish my husband swallowed was too big, but when he lost water, it was cooked by ants. -Biography of Korean Poetry
Han Feizi Yu Lao: "The dike of thousands of feet was broken by an ant hole, and the house of 100 feet was burned by smoke from a sudden gap." This is a metaphor. Carelessness in small things can lead to catastrophe.
There is such a story in ancient China:
There is a village on the bank of the Yellow River. In order to prevent floods, farmers built towering long dams. One day, an old farmer happened to find that the nest suddenly increased a lot. The old farmer thought: Will these ant nests affect the safety of the long embankment? He is going back to the village to report that he met his son on the way. Hearing this, the old farmer's son said disapprovingly, why are you afraid of a few small ants on such a strong long embankment? Then he took the old farmer with him to the fields. It was stormy that night, and the water of the Yellow River soared. The roaring river began to penetrate from the ant nest, then sprayed, and finally washed away the long embankment and flooded large areas of villages and fields along the coast.
Related idioms:
Idiom entry: Niu Yi Jiumao
Idiom pronunciation: Ji Ni and Mao
A hair on nine cows. Metaphor is a very small number in a very large number, which is insignificant.
The idiom comes from Sima Qian's Letter of Appointment in the Han Dynasty: "If a courtier is brought to justice, what is the difference with an ant?"
Example of Idiom: Don't boast in Niu Yi, complacency will capsize. (Chen Yi's poem "Feeling the Book, Remembering the Ancient Qi, Being Silent")
(where ~ stands for this item: nine Niu Yi hairs)
Idiom story: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty () heard that Li Ling led troops into the territory of Xiongnu, and his morale was high. At this time,
Many ministers jokingly congratulated the emperor on his wisdom and good use of people. Later, Li Ling was defeated and surrendered. Emperor Wu was very angry and congratulated him.
The minister, in turn, called Li Ling useless and disloyal. Sima Qian stood there without saying a word at this moment, and Emperor Wu asked him about it.
It seems that Sima Qian bluntly said that Li Ling has only 5,000 infantry. What? Send a grasshopper file? ё。 ? So skiing? Shrug your shoulders? Orange?
He killed more than 10,000 enemies in the battle and was a great general. Finally, because the food was exhausted, the road was cut off, only
To stop fighting, Li Ling didn't really surrender, but was waiting for an opportunity to serve his country. His contribution can still make up for his failure. Emperor Wu
Hearing him defend Li Ling, he satirized the emperor's closest relative, Li Guangli, for attacking Xiongnu from the front in vain, which made Sima Qian angry and put him in prison.
The following year, Li Ling was misrepresented as a soldier for Xiongnu. Emperor Wu killed Li Ling's mother and wife without making things clear. The seat of the royal government
In order to cater to the emperor, Zhou framed Sima Qian for framing the emperor and gave Sima Qian the most cruel and humiliating "corruption"
Punishment. "Sima Qian was devastated and wanted to commit suicide when he was in pain; But on second thought, a humble man like him
Death, in the eyes of many rich people, is just like "a drop in the bucket". Instead of sympathy, it makes people more angry.
Laughing at it, I decided to bear the burden of humiliation and use my life and time to write the great Historical Records with difficulty and tenacity.
Work. The ancients said that people with great courage have great wisdom, and Sima Qian is such a person. He knew that death was the only thing in his time.
A man with no status or fame like him is worse than a dead dog, so he lived bravely and finally finished the movie.
An unprecedented great historical work-Historical Records.
Sima Qian told this idea to his good friend Ren, and later people listened to him.
The idiom "nine cows die and one hair dies" is extended to "nine Niu Yi hairs", which is only used to describe something or a certain talent.
Part of the vast majority is like a hair on nine cows.