{"id":4491,"date":"2019-11-19T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-24\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:26:42","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-allegories-lesson-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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t\u014du j\u012b bù chéng shí b\u01ce m\u01d0 – bù hé suàn; dé bù cháng sh\u012b
<\/em><\/font>\u5077\u9e21\u4e0d\u6210\u8680\u628a\u7c73 – \u4e0d\u5408\u7b97\uff1b\u5f97\u4e0d\u507f\u5931<\/strong>
Attempt to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice; go for wool and come back shorn – the loss outweighs the gain<\/p>\n

huáng sh\u01d4 láng d\u0101n y\u01ceo bìng y\u0101 zi – d\u0103o méi yuè ji\u0101 d\u0103o méi
<\/font><\/em>\u9ec4\u9f20\u72fc\u5355\u54ac\u75c5\u9e2d\u5b50 – \u5012\u9709\u8d8a\u52a0\u5012\u9709
<\/strong>A sick duck is bitten by a weasel. – more bad luck. This allegory describes someone who has already suffered a misfortune and then meets another disaster.<\/p>\n

ji\u01ceo d\u01d0 b\u01cenr m\u01d2 yóu – li\u016b de kuài; li\u016b la
<\/font><\/em>\u811a\u5e95\u677f\u513f\u62b9\u6cb9 – \u6e9c\u5f97\u5feb\uff1b\u6e9c\u5566
<\/strong>Put grease onto one’s soles – slip away. The character "\u6e9c" has two meanings: to slide and to sneak off. Grease on one’s soles makes one liable to slip. The pun used here aims at the second meaning; that is, one tends to slip away when s\/he meets with difficulties or is caught in an unfavorable situation.<\/p>\n

cán dòu k\u0101i hu\u0101 – h\u0113i x\u012bn
<\/font><\/em>\u8695\u8c46\u5f00\u82b1 – \u9ed1\u5fc3<\/strong>
Broad beans blossom. – black heart; evil mind. (The heart of a broad bean flower is black.)<\/p>\n

b\u01cei m\u01d0 sài p\u01ceo – f\u0113n mi\u01ceo bì zh\u0113ng<\/font><\/em>
\u767e\u7c73\u8d5b\u8dd1 – \u5206\u79d2\u5fc5\u4e89<\/strong>
100-meter dash – seize every minute and second; every second counts; make the best use of one’s time<\/p>\n

x\u012bn gu\u0101n shàng rèn – s\u0101n b\u01ce hu\u01d2<\/font><\/em>
\u65b0\u5b98\u4e0a\u4efb – \u4e09\u628a\u706b<\/strong>
A new official introduces a rash of changes; a new broom sweeps clean.<\/p>\n

s\u0101n shí liù jì – z\u01d2u wéi shàng jì<\/font><\/em>
\u4e09\u5341\u516d\u8ba1 – \u8d70\u4e3a\u4e0a\u8ba1<\/strong>
Of all the stratagems, the best is to quit; of all the alternatives, running away is the best.<\/p>\n

dà xiàng de pì g\u01d4 – tu\u012b bù dòng<\/font><\/em>
\u5927\u8c61\u7684\u5c41\u80a1 – \u63a8\u4e0d\u52a8<\/strong>
Like an elephant whose backside no one can push – One makes great efforts to accomplish quite a difficult task but fails yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n