Category: Chinese Language Vocabulary

qiánzhōnɡdào zhèɡe dìfānɡ yuánlái méiyǒu lǘzi，yǒu ɡe xǐhàoduōshìde rén yònɡ chuán yùnzàile yìtóulǘ jìnrù qiándì 。yùndàohòu què méiyǒu shénme yònɡchù，bǎtā fànɡzhìzài shānxià。lǎohǔ jiàndào tā，yíkàn yuánlái shì ɡe jùdàde dònɡwù，bǎtā dānɡzuò shénqíde dōnɡxi。yúshì yǐncánɡzài shùlínzhōnɡ tōutōukàn tā。lǎohǔ jiànjiànde zǒuchūlái jiējìn tā，shífēn xiǎoxīnjǐnshèn，bùzhīdào tāshì shénme dōnɡxi。
黔中道这个地方原本没有驴子，有个喜好多事的人用船运载了一头驴进入黔地。运到后却没有什么用处，把它放置在山下。老虎见到它，一看原来是个巨大的动物，把它当作神奇的东西。于是隐藏在树林中偷偷看它。老虎渐渐地走出来接近它，十分小心谨慎，不知道它是什么东西。

脚踩两只船（Jiǎo Cǎi Liǎnɡ Zhi Chuán）
 Meaning:比喻因为认识不清或为某种利益跟两方面都保持联系。
For the purpose of doing speculation or leaving more opportunities for oneself, one keeps in touch wiht both sides.

Guāng dǎléi bú xiàyǔ.
光打雷不下雨。
only thunder no rain.

It is a commonly used idiom in Chinese spoken language. It has a derivative sentence –雷声大雨点小Léishēng dà, yǔdiǎn xiǎo, which has very close meaning to the original one. As for the figurative meaning, can you make a guess what the message is? 

Normally, we try to keep it pretty PG around here, but the readers have spoken, and people want to learn how to say  bad words  (坏 话 – huàihuà) in Chinese. That should come as no surprise, since I’m sure most of us would admit that we always seek out the profanity when studying a language.  Especially here in China, when your standing as a 老外 (foreigner) always leaves you prone to being ripped off and taken advantage of, it’s nice to be equipped with a few insults to throw back to show that you’re not fresh off the boat, and you’re not messing around!

守株待兔yìtiān，sònɡɡuó yǒu ɡe nónɡfū zài ɡēnɡdì。
一天，宋国有个农夫在耕地。

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