{"id":4515,"date":"2019-11-20T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:34:51","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-allegories-lesson-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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j\u012dng d\u012d de há ma – jiàn shi sh\u0103o
<\/em><\/font>\u4e95\u5e95\u7684\u86e4\u87c6 – \u89c1\u8bc6\u5c11<\/strong>
Frog in a well – A person with a very limited outlook<\/p>\n

k\u014fng f\u016b z\u012d de k\u014fu dài – sh\u016b d\u0101i (dài) zi
<\/font><\/em>\u5b54\u592b\u5b50\u7684\u53e3\u888b – \u4e66\u5446\uff08\u888b\uff09\u5b50
<\/strong>Confucius’ bag is full of books. (Confucius is the Chinese philosopher, educator and founder of Confucianism in late Spring and Autumn Period.) – Somebody is a pedant or bookworm.<\/p>\n

t\u016b zi d\u0101ng hé shang – ji\u0101ng jiu cái liào
<\/font><\/em>\u79c3\u5b50\u5f53\u548c\u5c1a – \u5c06\u5c31\u6750\u6599<\/strong>
Let a baldhead serve as a monk. – Make do with what is available.<\/p>\n

y\u012b lì l\u0103o sh\u016d sh\u012d – huài le y\u012b gu\u014d t\u0101ng
<\/font><\/em>\u4e00\u7c92\u8001\u9f20\u5c4e – \u574f\u4e86\u4e00\u9505\u6c64
<\/strong>One bit of rat’s dung in the soup spoils the whole pot. – A fly in the ointment<\/p>\n

dòng dòu fu – nán bàn (bàn)<\/font><\/em>
\u51bb\u8c46\u8150 – \u96be\u529e\uff08\u62cc\uff09<\/strong>
Frozen bean curd is difficult to mix. – It means something is hard to deal with. ("\u529e," which means deal with, manage or operate, is a homophone for "\u62cc," which means mix.)<\/p>\n

wáng xi\u0103o èr guò nián – y\u012b nián bù rú y\u012b nián<\/font><\/em>
\u738b\u5c0f\u4e8c\u8fc7\u5e74 – \u4e00\u5e74\u4e0d\u5982\u4e00\u5e74<\/strong>
Things get worse with each passing year; things go from bad to worse every year; be on the decline<\/p>\n

ròu àn shang de m\u0103i mài – j\u012bn j\u012bn jì jiào<\/font><\/em>
\u8089\u6848\u4e0a\u7684\u4e70\u5356 – \u65a4\u65a4\u8ba1\u8f83<\/strong>
Buying and selling at a butcher’s shop – Haggle over every ounce; be overly calculating<\/p>\n

sh\u0101 j\u012b g\u011bi hóu kàn – sh\u0101 y\u012b j\u012dng b\u0103i<\/font><\/em>
\u6740\u9e21\u7ed9\u7334\u770b – \u6740\u4e00\u5106\u767e<\/strong>
Kill the chicken to frighten the monkey – Punish someone as a warning to others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n