Learn Chinese – 嗟来之食

嗟来之食.   The story about this idiom   齐大饥,黔敖为食于路,以待饿者而食之。有饿者,蒙袂辑履,贸贸然来。黔敖左奉食,右执饮,曰:“嗟!来食!”扬其目而视之,曰:“予唯不食嗟来之食,以至于斯也!”从而谢焉,终不食而死。曾子闻之,曰:“微与!其嗟也,可去,其谢也,可食。” ——-选自《礼记·檀弓下》   A famine broke forth in Qi State. Qian Ao,

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