There was a nobleman in Chu state. One day, he awarded his servants a bottle of wine. The servants discussed together about who should drink the wine. Since the wine was not enough for all but just right for one person, they decided to make it as a prize to the one who was the first to finish a drawing of a snake.<\/div>\n
Y\u01d2u yí gè rén zuìxi\u0101n b\u01ce shé huà h\u01ceo le. T\u0101 kàn biérén hái méi huà wán, yúshì zu\u01d2sh\u01d2u ná zhe ji\u01d4hú, yòush\u01d2u chí b\u01d0, shu\u014d:” w\u01d2 hái néng zài g\u011bi t\u0101 ti\u0101n shàng j\u01d0 zh\u012b ji\u01ceo ne!” K\u011bshì méi d\u011bng t\u0101 b\u01ce ji\u01ceo huà wán, lìng y\u012b gè rén y\u01d0j\u012bng b\u01ce shé huà h\u01ceo le. Nà rén b\u01ce ji\u01d4hú qi\u01ceng guòqù, shu\u014d:” shé b\u011bnlái shì méiy\u01d2u ji\u01ceo de, n\u01d0 z\u011bnme néng g\u011bi t\u0101 ti\u0101n shàng ji\u01ceo ne?” Shu\u014d wán jiù b\u01ce hú zh\u014dng de ji\u01d4 h\u0113 le xià qù. Nà gè g\u011bi shé huà ji\u01ceo de rén zuìzh\u014dng méi y\u01d2u h\u0113 dào ji\u01d4.
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A servant was the first had his drawing done. When he found the others were still busy with drawing, he took the wine in hand and thought there was still enough time for him to add a pair of feet to the snake. However, right before he finished the feet, another man had completed his painting and snatched the wine from his hand. He said:' A snake does not have feet. Why do you add feet to it?' After these words, he drank down the wine. The man who added feet to the snake did not share a little in the end.<\/div>\n
\tWords\uff1a<\/strong>
\t\u8d35\u65cf(guìzú) \uff1aaristocrat(n.)
\t\u4ec6\u4eba(púrén)\uff1aservant(n.)
\t\u5546\u91cf(sh\u0101ngliang)\uff1adiscuss(v.)
\t\u6bd4\u8d5b(b\u01d0 sài) \uff1acompete(v.)
\t\u672c\u6765(b\u011bnlái)\uff1aoriginally(adv.)
\t\u6dfb(ti\u0101n) \uff1aadd (v.)
\t\u6700\u7ec8(zuìzh\u014dng) \uff1afinally(adv.)<\/p>\n \tMeanings\uff1a<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3\uff1a“\u6dfb”\u662f“\u589e\u52a0\u67d0\u7269\u4e8e\u67d0\u7269\u4e0a”\u3002“\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3”\u539f\u610f\u4e3a\u753b\u4e00\u6761\u86c7\uff0c\u5374\u7ed9\u5b83\u52a0\u4e0a\u4e86\u4e24\u53ea\u811a\u3002\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6210\u8bed\u6bd4\u55bb\u56e0\u4e3a\u505a\u4e86\u591a\u4f59\u7684\u4e8b\u60c5\uff0c\u53cd\u800c\u5f04\u5de7\u6210\u62d9\u3001\u8ba9\u4e8b\u60c5\u53d8\u7cdf\u3002<\/div>\n
"\u6dfb(ti\u0101n)" is "adding sth. to sth.". "\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3" literally means drawing a snake and adding feet to it. The idiom refers to spoiling things by doing something unnecessary.<\/div>\n
\tSentences\uff1a<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n1.Zhè pi\u0101n wénzh\u0101ng y\u01d0j\u012bng xi\u011b dé h\u011bn wánzh\u011bng le, zài xi\u011b yí duàn jiù huàshé-ti\u0101nzú le.
\t\u8fd9\u7bc7\u6587\u7ae0\u5df2\u7ecf\u5199\u5f97\u5f88\u5b8c\u6574\u4e86\uff0c\u518d\u5199\u4e00\u6bb5\u5c31\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3\u4e86\u3002 <\/div>\n
The article is well done. Another paragraph would be \u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3. <\/div>\n
\t<\/p>\n
2. T\u0101 j\u012bnti\u0101n chu\u0101n dé h\u011bn pi\u0101oliàng, zh\u012b shì tóu shàng dài de hu\u0101 y\u01d2udi\u01cen huàshé-ti\u0101nzú.
\t\u5979\u4eca\u5929\u7a7f\u5f97\u5f88\u6f02\u4eae\uff0c\u53ea\u662f\u5934\u4e0a\u6234\u7684\u82b1\u6709\u70b9\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3\u3002 <\/div>\n
She is dressed gorgeously, except for the flower on the head, which is really \u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3.<\/div>\n
\t\u539f\u6587\u94fe\u63a5 <\/p>\n
\t\u58f0\u660e\uff1a\u6caa\u6c5f\u7f51\u9ad8\u5ea6\u91cd\u89c6\u77e5\u8bc6\u4ea7\u6743\u4fdd\u62a4\uff0c\u53d1\u73b0\u672c\u7f51\u7ad9\u53d1\u5e03\u7684\u4fe1\u606f\u5305\u542b\u6709\u4fb5\u72af\u5176\u8457\u4f5c\u6743\u7684\u94fe\u63a5\u5185\u5bb9\u65f6\uff0c\u8bf7\u8054\u7cfb\u6211\u4eec\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5c06\u505a\u76f8\u5e94\u5904\u7406\u3002<\/p>\n