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Chinese Idiom:画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú)
In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国,475-221BC), a man in the State of Chu (chǔ guǒ楚国) was offering a
Chinese idioms:一叶障目(Yí Yè Zhàng Mù)
Cóngqián, Chǔguó yǒu gè qióng shūshēng, zhěng tiān xiǎng de shì zěnme yàng cái néng fācái. 从前,楚国有个穷书生,整天想的是怎么样才能发财。 once upon a
Chinese Idiom:画龙点睛 (huà lóng diǎn jīng)
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD), there was a painter called Zhang Sengyou (zhāng sēng
Chinese idioms:亡羊补牢 (Wáng Yáng Bǔ Láo)
Cóngqián, yǒu gè rén yǎng le yì qún yáng. Yì tiān zǎochén, tā fāxiàn shǎo le yì zhī, zǐxì yí
Chinese Idiom:画饼充饥 (huà bǐng chōng jī )
In the Three Kingdoms Period (sān guó 三国时代,220-280AD), the king of the state of Wei (wèi guó 魏国), Cao Rui
Chinese Idiom:后来居上 (hòu lái jū shàng)
This set phrase is derived from the complaints Ji An made to the emperor. Ji Anlived at the time of
Chinese Idiom:邯郸学步 (hán dān xué bù)
Tradition has it that more than 2,000 years ago,there lived a young man in the Shouling area of the State
Chinese Idiom:含沙射影 (hán shā shè yǐng)
Legend has it that there was once a water monster called Yu (yù 蜮). It had norns, a shell, wings
Chinese idioms:退避三舍Tuìbì Sānshè
Chūnqiū shíhou, jìnɡuó ɡōnɡzǐ Chóng’ěr wèile duǒbì zhuīshā, táochūle jìnɡuó. Ta jīnɡɡuò qiānxīnwànkǔ, láidàole Chǔɡuó. 春秋时候,晋国公子重(chóng)耳为了躲避追杀,逃出了晋国。 他经过千辛万苦,来到了楚国。 In the Spring