{"id":4493,"date":"2019-11-19T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-22\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T17:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:05:16","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-allegories-lesson-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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hé shang ch\u012b h\u016bn – zh\u012b f\u0103 fàn f\u0103
<\/em><\/font>\u548c\u5c1a\u5403\u8364 – \u77e5\u6cd5\u72af\u6cd5<\/strong>
A Buddhist monk takes meat. – know the law but break it; deliberately flout the law; knowingly violate the law<\/p>\n

zh\u016b b\u0101 jiè ch\u012b rén sh\u0113n gu\u014f – quán bù zh\u012b z\u012b wèi
<\/font><\/em>\u732a\u516b\u6212\u5403\u4eba\u53c2\u679c – \u5168\u4e0d\u77e5\u6ecb\u5473
<\/strong>Zhu Bajie (Pig in <\/span>Journey to the West<\/em>, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature) eats ginseng fruit. – He doesn’t know the taste at all. This allegory means either not appreciating the taste of food or not knowing the value of something.<\/p>\n

sh\u014fu ná j\u012b dàn z\u014fu huá lù – tí x\u012bn diào d\u0103n
<\/font><\/em>\u624b\u62ff\u9e21\u86cb\u8d70\u6ed1\u8def – \u63d0\u5fc3\u540a\u80c6
<\/strong>Walk on a slippery road with eggs in your hands. – have one’s heart in one’s mouth; be on tenterhooks<\/p>\n

ji\u0101ng bi\u0101n mài shu\u01d0 – du\u014d c\u01d0 y\u012b j\u01d4
<\/font><\/em>\u6c5f\u8fb9\u5356\u6c34 – \u591a\u6b64\u4e00\u4e3e<\/strong>
Sell water at the riverside – make an unnecessary move<\/p>\n

jiàn dào hú zi jiù shì yé ye – bù biàn zh\u0113n ji\u0103<\/font><\/em>
\u89c1\u5230\u80e1\u5b50\u5c31\u662f\u7237\u7237 – \u4e0d\u8fa8\u771f\u5047<\/strong>
Anyone is considered to be one’s own grandpa, as long as he wears a beard. – fail to make a distinction between true and false<\/p>\n

qiáng shàng guà rì lì – y\u012b ti\u0101n biàn ge yàng<\/font><\/em>
\u5899\u4e0a\u6302\u65e5\u5386 – \u4e00\u5929\u53d8\u4e2a\u6837<\/strong>
A calendar hangs on the wall. – It changes everyday; something changes all the time.<\/p>\n

kuài d\u0101o d\u0103 dòu fu – li\u0103ng miàn gu\u0101ng<\/font><\/em>
\u5feb\u5200\u6253\u8c46\u8150 – \u4e24\u9762\u5149<\/strong>
Bean curd cut with a sharp knife – smooth on both sides. "\u4e24\u9762\u5149 <\/span>li\u0103ng miàn gu\u0101ng<\/em>" is a common saying, meaning trying to please both parties, or being slick and sly.<\/p>\n

l\u0103o sh\u01d4 diào jìn sh\u016b xi\u0101ng l\u01d0 – y\u0103o wén jiáo zì<\/font><\/em>
\u8001\u9f20\u6389\u8fdb\u4e66\u7bb1\u91cc – \u54ac\u6587\u56bc\u5b57<\/strong>
A mouse falls into a bookcase – chew up the pages. The phrase "\u54ac\u6587\u56bc\u5b57 <\/span>y\u0103o wén jiáo zì<\/em>" is mostly used sarcastically to ridicule a pedant who is over-fastidious about wording but fails to grasp the essence of a text. Sometimes it refers to someone who parades his vocabulary just to show off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n