In the Jin Dynasty (jìn dài 265-420AD) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si (zuǒ sī 左思)
Tag: Chinese Idiom
Chinese idioms:对症下药( duì zhèng xià yào)
Zài Zhōngguó Dōnghàn mònián, yǒu yí wèi zhùmíng yīshēng míng jiào Huà Tuó. Tā de yīshù fēicháng gāomíng. 在中国东汉末年,有一位著名医生名叫华佗。他的医术非常高明。 During
Chinese Idiom:鲁侯养鸟(lǔ hóu yǎng niǎo)
A seabird was once seen perching on the city gate of the capital of Lu. Nobody had seen such a
Chinese idioms:抱薪救火 (bào xīn jiù huǒ)
Zhànguó mòqī, Qínguó xiàng wèiguó chūbīng. Wèi wáng bǎ dàchén men zhàojí qǐlái, wèn dàjiā yǒu méiyǒu shǐ Qín guó
Chinese Idiom:临渴掘井 (lín kě jué jǐng )
During the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋 chūn qiū,770 – 221BC),the ruler of the state of Lu(lú guó 鲁国) was
Chinese Idiom:李代桃僵(lǐ dài táo jiāng )
This idiom comes from a old folk song. The last two stanzas go like this: One family has five brothers,
Chinese idioms:程门立雪 (Chéng mén lì xuě)
Sòng cháo yǒu yí wèi xuézhě, míng jiào Yáng Shí, tā niánqīng shí xūxīn-hǎoxué, duì lǎoshī shífēn zūn jìng. 宋朝有一位学者,名叫杨时,他年轻时虚心好学,对老师十分尊敬。
Chinese Idiom:梁上君子 ( liáng shàng jūn zǐ )
In the Eastern Han Dynasty (dōng hàn 东汉), there was a man named Chen Shi (chén shí 陈寔) . One
Chinese idioms:东山再起 (Dōngshān-zàiqǐ)
Dōngjìn shíqī de Xiè An hěn yǒu cáinéng, dāng zhe yí gè bú dà de guān. Dànshì tā bìng bù
Chinese Idiom:乐极生悲 (lè jí shēng bēi)
Chunyu Kun (chún yú kūn 淳于髡) lived in the state of Qi (qí guó 齐国) during the Warring States Period