In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), the famous strategist Sun Wu (sūn wǔ 孙武) known as
Category: Chinese Idiom
Chinese Idiom:三顾茅庐 (sān gù máo lú)
In the third century, China was divided into three kingdoms: Wei (wèi guó 魏国) in the north, Shu (shǔ guó
Chinese Idiom:入木三分 (rù mù sān fēn)
Wang Xizhi (wāng xī zhī 王羲之) is one of the most famous calligraphers during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (dōng jìn
Chinese Idiom:Chinese Idiom:如坐针毡 (rú zuò zhēn zhān)
During the Chin dynasty (xī jìn 西晋) there lived a man named Du Shi, who from his youth was hard
Chinese Idiom:如鱼得水 ( rú yú dé shuǐ )
During the Three Kingdoms (sān guó 三国) , Liu Bei (liú bèi 刘备) went to Longzhong (lóng zhōng 隆中) three
Chinese Idiom:如火如荼 (rú huǒ rú tú)
In the late stage of the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋 chūn qiū,770 – 221BC), Fu Chai (fū chāi 夫差),ruler
Chinese Idiom:人不可貌相 (rén bù kě mào xiàng)
In the State of Zhao, there was once of a scholar by the name of Gongsun Long. He was a
Chinese Idiom:曲突徙薪 (qū tū xǐ xīn)
There once lived a family whose chimney was straight up and down, and who kept a pile of firewood next
Chinese Idiom:起死回生 (qǐ sǐ huí shēng)
Long long ago, there was a famous doctor named Bian Que who usually traveled everywher to collect medicine to cure
Chinese Idiom:请君入瓮 (qǐng jūng rù wèng)
Once, Wu Zetian received a letter which informed against Zhou Xing. The letter aside that Zhou Xing was plotting a