{"id":4511,"date":"2019-11-20T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-12\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:24:06","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-allegories-lesson-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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s\u0101n ge chòu pí jiang – d\u012dng ge zh\u016b g\u0115 liàng
<\/em><\/font>\u4e09\u4e2a\u81ed\u76ae\u5320 – \u9876\u4e2a\u8bf8\u845b\u4eae<\/strong>
Three cobblers with their wits combined equal the mastermind Zhuge Liang – Collective wisdom often proves superior; two heads are better than one.<\/p>\n

zh\u014du yú d\u0103 huáng gài – y\u012b ge yuàn d\u0103 y\u012b ge yuàn ái
<\/font><\/em>\u5468\u745c\u6253\u9ec4\u76d6 – \u4e00\u4e2a\u613f\u6253\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u613f\u6328
<\/strong>Zhou Yu (a famous military strategist for the State of Wu during the period of the Three Kingdoms) beats Huang Gai (a military general for the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms) – The punishment is appropriately given by one and willingly accepted by the other.<\/p>\n

liú dé q\u012bng sh\u0101n zài – bù pà méi chái sh\u0101o
<\/font><\/em>\u7559\u5f97\u9752\u5c71\u5728 – \u4e0d\u6015\u6ca1\u67f4\u70e7
<\/strong>As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood. – Where there is life, there is hope.<\/p>\n

sh\u0101n zh\u014dng wú l\u0103o h\u01d4 – hóu zi ch\u0113ng dà wáng
<\/font><\/em>\u5c71\u4e2d\u65e0\u8001\u864e – \u7334\u5b50\u79f0\u5927\u738b<\/strong>
The monkey rules the mountain when there is no tiger. – In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man rules.<\/p>\n

wài sheng d\u0103 d\u0113ng long – zhào jiù (jiù)<\/font><\/em>
\u5916\u7525\u6253\u706f\u7b3c – \u7167\u65e7\uff08\u8205\uff09<\/strong>
Nephew carrying a lantern to give light to his uncle – same as before (a pun on \u7167\u8205 and \u7167\u65e7, which are homophones in Chinese. "\u7167\u8205" means "to give light to one’s uncle, while "\u7167\u65e7" refers to "same as before".)<\/p>\n

l\u0103o h\u01d4 de pì gu – m\u014d bu de<\/font><\/em>
\u8001\u864e\u7684\u5c41\u80a1 – \u6478\u4e0d\u5f97<\/strong>
Like a tiger whose backside no one dares to touch – one who won’t allow any different opinions; one who is not to be crossed<\/p>\n

bàn j\u012bn b\u0101 li\u0103ng – li\u0103ng ge chà bu du\u014d<\/font><\/em>
\u534a\u65a4\u516b\u4e24 – \u4e24\u4e2a\u5dee\u4e0d\u591a<\/strong>
Six of one and half a dozen of the other – There is no difference between the two.<\/p>\n

tu\u014d kù zi fàng pì – du\u014d c\u012d y\u012b j\u016d <\/span><\/font><\/em>
\u8131\u88e4\u5b50\u653e\u5c41 – \u591a\u6b64\u4e00\u4e3e<\/strong>
Take off one’s trousers before breaking wind – carry coals to Newcastle; make an unnecessary move<\/p>\n<\/div>\n