{"id":4512,"date":"2019-11-20T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-11\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:36:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:36:33","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-allegories-lesson-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 11"},"content":{"rendered":"
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y\u0103 ba ch\u012b ji\u0103o zi – x\u012bn l\u012d y\u014fu shù
<\/em><\/font>\u54d1\u5df4\u5403\u997a\u5b50 – \u5fc3\u91cc\u6709\u6570<\/strong>
A dumb person eats dumplings. – (literally) He knows the number in his mind, although he cannot say it. Figuratively, it means somebody has a clear idea of the situation.<\/p>\n

máng rén qí xi\u0101 m\u0103 – luàn chu\u0103ng luàn pèng
<\/font><\/em>\u76f2\u4eba\u9a91\u778e\u9a6c – \u4e71\u95ef\u4e71\u78b0
<\/strong>A blind man on a blind horse – rushing headlong into disaster<\/p>\n

tiào dào huáng hé x\u012d bu q\u012bng – yu\u0101n wang
<\/font><\/em>\u8df3\u5230\u9ec4\u6cb3\u6d17\u4e0d\u6e05 – \u51a4\u6789
<\/strong>Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one could not wash oneself clean. – One is unjustly or unfairly treated.<\/p>\n

gu\u0101n g\u014dng miàn qián shu\u0103 dà d\u0101o – zì bù liàng lì
<\/font><\/em>\u5173\u516c\u9762\u524d\u800d\u5927\u5200 – \u81ea\u4e0d\u91cf\u529b<\/strong>
To perform swordplay before an expert like Guan Yu, a general in the period of the Three Kingdoms – overestimate one’s abilities; overestimate oneself<\/p>\n

zh\u012d l\u0103o h\u01d4 – wài qiáng zh\u014dng g\u0101n<\/font><\/em>
\u7eb8\u8001\u864e – \u5916\u5f3a\u4e2d\u5e72<\/strong>
Paper tiger – something or someone is outwardly strong but inwardly weak.<\/p>\n

h\u01d4 tóu shé w\u0115i – y\u014fu sh\u012d wú zh\u014dng<\/font><\/em>
\u864e\u5934\u86c7\u5c3e – \u6709\u59cb\u65e0\u7ec8<\/strong>
With a tiger’s head but a snake’s tail – fine start and poor finish; to start something but fail to carry it through to the end.<\/p>\n

qí l\u01d8 zh\u0103o l\u01d8 – h\u016bn tóu h\u016bn n\u0103o<\/font><\/em>
\u9a91\u9a74\u627e\u9a74 – \u660f\u5934\u660f\u8111<\/strong>
To look for the donkey while riding it – be muddle-headed<\/p>\n

sh\u0113ng m\u012d zh\u01d4 chéng shú fàn – g\u0103i bù guò lái le<\/font><\/em>
\u751f\u7c73\u716e\u6210\u719f\u996d – \u6539\u4e0d\u8fc7\u6765\u4e86<\/strong>
The rice is cooked. – What is done cannot be undone; it can’t be helped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n