{"id":4504,"date":"2019-11-20T04:16:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-19\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T04:16:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:16:17","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-allegories-lesson-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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k\u014fng f\u016b z\u01d0 chu\u0101n x\u012b zhu\u0101ng – bù t\u016d bù yáng
<\/em><\/font>\u5b54\u592b\u5b50\u7a7f\u897f\u88c5 – \u4e0d\u571f\u4e0d\u6d0b<\/strong>
Confucius in Western-style clothes – neither fish nor flesh<\/p>\n

jí xìng zi pèng dào màn xìng zi – n\u01d0 jí t\u0101 bù jí
<\/font><\/em>\u6025\u6027\u5b50\u78b0\u5230\u6162\u6027\u5b50 – \u4f60\u6025\u4ed6\u4e0d\u6025
<\/strong>An impetuous person comes across a slowcoach. – One is impatient to do something but the other not.<\/p>\n

hu\u014f sh\u0101o méi mao – gù y\u0103n qián
<\/font><\/em>\u706b\u70e7\u7709\u6bdb – \u987e\u773c\u524d
<\/strong>The fire is singeing the eyebrows. – concentrate on immediate matters.<\/p>\n

h\u0103i d\u01d0 l\u0101o yuè – bái fèi jìn
<\/font><\/em>\u6d77\u5e95\u635e\u6708 – \u767d\u8d39\u52b2<\/strong>
Try to fish out the moon from the bottom of the sea – strive for the impossible or illusory; efforts in vain<\/p>\n

gu\u0101n cai shàng huà l\u0103o h\u01d4 – xià s\u01d0 rén<\/font><\/em>
\u68fa\u6750\u4e0a\u753b\u8001\u864e – \u5413\u6b7b\u4eba<\/strong>
Paint a tiger on a coffin – (literally) frighten the dead; (as a pun) frighten somebody to death<\/p>\n

gu\u0101n cai l\u01d0 sh\u0113n sh\u014fu – s\u01d0 yào qián<\/font><\/em>
\u68fa\u6750\u91cc\u4f38\u624b – \u6b7b\u8981\u94b1<\/strong>
Reach out a hand for money even in one’s coffin – be greedy unto death; be a money-grubber<\/p>\n

f\u0113ng chu\u012b d\u0113ng long – yáo b\u0103i bù dìng<\/font><\/em>
\u98ce\u5439\u706f\u7b3c – \u6447\u6446\u4e0d\u5b9a<\/strong>
The wind blows a lantern. – (literally) swing to and fro; (figuratively) blow hot and cold; vacillate; waver<\/p>\n

f\u0113i j\u012b shàng di\u0103n d\u0113ng – g\u0101o míng<\/font><\/em>
\u98de\u673a\u4e0a\u70b9\u706f – \u9ad8\u660e<\/strong>
Light a lamp in the airplane – \u9ad8 means "high" while \u660e refers to "bright". When the two Chinese characters put together, the word "\u9ad8\u660e" means "brilliant, wise". This allegory is always used to imply it’s brilliant to do something.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n