In the late stage of the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋 chūn qiū,770 – 221BC), Fu Chai (fū chāi 夫差),ruler
Tag: Chinese Idiom
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 Conversation 汉语对话 鼠目獐头
Chinese idiom 鼠目獐头 Someone who looks cunning A: How is your new boss? 你们新头儿怎么样? B: He is
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 Conversation 汉语对话 否极泰来 pi jí tài lái
Chinese idiom 否极泰来 If many bad things happen to someone, good things will start to happen to them too.
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
Chinese Idiom:青出于蓝 (qīng chū yú lán)
During the Northern Dynasties Period, there lived a man named Li Mi, who from his youth studied under Kung Fan.
Chinese Idiom:杞人忧天(qǐ rén yōu tiān)
In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was a man who
Chinese Idiom:歧路亡羊 (qí lù wáng yáng)
One neighbor of Yang Zi (yáng zí 杨子), a famous scholar lost a sheep. He asked all his relatives ,