Chinese culture is extensive and profound. Understanding idioms, stories and allusions can not only improve our language knowledge but also enliven the atmosphere. The following is the classic idiom story and explanation I brought to you, I hope it can help everyone!
Cocks crow and dogs robbers
Once, Lord Mengchang led a group of guests on a mission to the State of Qin. King Zhao of Qin kept him and wanted him to be the prime minister of the country. Lord Mengchang did not dare to offend King Qin Zhao, so he had to stay. Soon, the ministers advised the King of Qin: "It is not good for the Qin State to keep Lord Mengchang. He is from a royal family, has a fiefdom in Qi State, and has family members. How can he sincerely serve the Qin State?" King Zhao of Qin felt that this was reasonable, so he changed his mind. , put Lord Mengchang and his men under house arrest, just waiting to find an excuse to kill them.
King Zhao had his most beloved concubine. Mengchangjun sent someone to ask her for help. The concubine agreed, but the condition was that she would be rewarded with a piece of Qi's unique fox white fur (a fur coat made of white fox armpit fur). This made things difficult for Lord Mengchang, because as soon as he arrived in Qin, he dedicated this fox white fur coat to King Qin Zhao. At this time, a guest said: "I can get Fox White Qiu!" It turned out that this guest was best at stealing things through dog holes. He learned that the fox white fur was kept in a fine storage room in the palace, so he got into the storage room and stole the fox white fur under the moonlight. The concubine was very happy to see Hu Baiqiu, and tried every means to persuade King Qin Zhao to give up the idea of ??killing Lord Mengchang.
Mr. Mengchang immediately led his men to secretly ride horses overnight and rush eastward. It was midnight when we arrived at Hangu Pass (at this time, Lingbao County, Henan Province, it was the east gate of Qin State). According to the laws of the Qin State, Hangu Pass opens its doors every day when the rooster crows. How can the rooster crow in the middle of the night? When everyone was worried, they only heard a few roosters crowing "Oh, oh, oh". After that, outside the city pass, All the roosters crow. It turns out that another of Mengchangjun's disciples can imitate the crow of a chicken, and the chicken will crow immediately after hearing the first crow. Why did the rooster crow before they even slept? Although the soldiers guarding the gate felt strange, they had no choice but to get up, open the door and let them out.
At dawn, King Qin Zhao learned that Lord Mengchang had escaped, and immediately sent troops to chase him. When we chased him to Hangu Pass, he found that he had been out of the pass for a long time. Lord Mengchang fled back to Qi with the help of the roosters and dog robbers.
The idiom "cocks crow and dogs robber" is a metaphor for humble skills or people with such skills.
Chickens and dogs are restless
Describes the harassment so severe that even the chickens and dogs cannot be at peace.
Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou as a Sima. He witnessed the tragic situation where people were dying and the people were in dire straits, so he wrote an article "The Snake Catcher's Story". The essay describes a snake catcher who would rather risk his life to catch snakes than farm the land because corrupt officials have made the locals uneasy.
Hearsay
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Mao Kong in Qi State. He loved to listen to unfounded legends, and then told others what he heard with relish. Once, Mao Kong heard about a duck and a piece of meat. He felt very strange and told Ai Zi. He said: "There was a man who raised a duck that was capable of laying eggs. The duck could lay more than a hundred eggs a day." He saw Ai Zi smile and added: "That day, a piece of meat fell from the sky. That piece of meat is thirty feet long and ten feet wide." Ai Zi asked with a smile: "Really? Is there such a long piece of meat?" Mao Kong said hurriedly: "Oh, it is twenty feet long. "Ai Zi still doesn't believe it. He changed his mind again: "It must be ten feet long." Ai Zi said: "Who raised that duck you mentioned? Where did the piece of meat you mentioned fall?" Mao Kong hesitated and couldn't tell. , and finally had to say: "I heard what others said on the road."
The idiom "hearsay" comes from this story. This idiom is a metaphor for hearing unfounded remarks or rumors on the road and then passing them on to others.
A thousand calls
Describes repeated urging.
Bai Juyi used poetry to pray for the people, which offended the powerful people at that time. Therefore, he was demoted to Jiangzhou as Sima. He came to the Xunyang River to see off his friends who were about to leave. The wind blew the reeds and made him feel desolate. They got on the boat and drank wine, and there was a sound of pipa playing on the river. They drove the boat closer, and after calling for a long time, they saw the beautiful lady who was still holding a pipa and half-hiding her face.
Three Orders and Five Applications
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous military strategist named Sun Wu. He took his "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to see King Wu He (h?) Lu (lǘ) . After reading it, King Wu said: "I have read all of your thirteen articles on the Art of War. Do you want to try it on my army?" Sun Wu said yes. King Wu asked again: "Is it okay to use women to test it?" Sun Wu said it was okay. So King Wu summoned one hundred and eighty beauties from the palace and asked Sun Wu to train them.
Sun Wu divided them into two teams, using the two concubines favored by King Wu as captains, and asked each of them to hold a long halberd (jǐ). After the team stood up, Sun Wu ordered to bring out the iron yue (yu?) (a torture instrument used for killing people in ancient times) and warned them again and again. After saying this, he beat the drum to give the command to turn right. Unexpectedly, the female soldiers not only failed to act according to the order, but actually laughed.
Seeing this, Sun Wu explained to them in detail what he had just said, and then beat the drum and gave the order to turn left. The female soldiers still just laughed. Sun Wu said: "It is the general's fault that the explanation is unclear and the explanation is unclear. Since the explanation is clear and the order is not obeyed, it is the fault of the captain and the soldiers." After saying this, his followers pushed the two captains out and beheaded them. When the King of Wu saw that Sun Wu wanted to kill his beloved concubine, he hurriedly sent someone to intercede with Sun Wu, but Sun Wu said: "Since I have been appointed as a general and will be in the army, I will not accept your orders!" So he ordered the two female captains to beheaded. , and then appoint the two leaders as captains. From then on, the female soldiers practiced complex movements such as forward and backward, left and right, even kneeling and standing up, and no longer dared to play with it.
"Three orders and five warnings" means to warn people repeatedly.
A leaf blinds the eyes
The eyes are blocked by a leaf, which means that the whole picture of things cannot be seen.
There was a bookworm who read the story of "Cicada Leaf" from an ancient book. He believed it to be true, so he searched everywhere and picked off all the leaves where the cicada was hiding. He took it home and covered his face as an experiment. He asked his wife if she could Can't see him. The wife was angry and said she couldn't see it.
He took this leaf to steal on the street. When he was caught, he said: "I am blind, can you see?"
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