{"id":4516,"date":"2019-11-20T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:35:32","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-allegories-lesson-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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shí w\u016d ge diào t\u014fng d\u0103 shu\u01d0 – q\u012b shàng b\u0101 xià
<\/em><\/font>\u5341\u4e94\u4e2a\u540a\u6876\u6253\u6c34 – \u4e03\u4e0a\u516b\u4e0b<\/strong>
Have one’s heart clang like fifteen buckets in one well, seven going up and eight going down – have one’s heart pound with uncertainty, fear or turmoil<\/p>\n

niú tóu bù duì m\u0103 zu\u012d – hú l\u0101 luàn ch\u0115
<\/font><\/em>\u725b\u5934\u4e0d\u5bf9\u9a6c\u5634 – \u80e1\u62c9\u4e71\u626f
<\/strong>Horses’ jaws don’t match cows’ heads – incongruous; irrelevant<\/p>\n

zhàng èr hé shang – m\u014d bu zháo tóu n\u0103o
<\/font><\/em>\u4e08\u4e8c\u548c\u5c1a – \u6478\u4e0d\u7740\u5934\u8111<\/strong>
You cannot touch the head of a ten-foot monk. – can’t make head or tail of something; completely fail to understand<\/p>\n

y\u012b ge b\u0101 zhang p\u0101i bu xi\u0103ng – g\u016b zh\u0103ng nán míng
<\/font><\/em>\u4e00\u4e2a\u5df4\u638c\u62cd\u4e0d\u54cd – \u5b64\u638c\u96be\u9e23
<\/strong>You can’t clap with one hand; it takes two to make a quarrel; it takes two to tango. – It’s difficult to achieve anything without support.<\/p>\n

zh\u0113n ji\u0101n duì mài máng – zh\u0113n f\u0113ng xi\u0101ng duì<\/font><\/em>
\u9488\u5c16\u5bf9\u9ea6\u8292 – \u9488\u950b\u76f8\u5bf9<\/strong>
A pin against an awn – be diametrically opposed<\/p>\n

wén zi zh\u0103o zh\u012b zh\u016b – zì tóu luó w\u0103ng<\/font><\/em>
\u868a\u5b50\u627e\u8718\u86db – \u81ea\u6295\u7f57\u7f51<\/strong>
A mosquito looks for a spider – throw oneself into a trap; bite the hook<\/p>\n

ch\u016b sh\u0113ng de niú dú – bù pà h\u016d <\/font><\/em>
\u521d\u751f\u7684\u725b\u728a – \u4e0d\u6015\u864e<\/strong>
New born calves are not afraid of tigers. – Young people dare do anything and fear nothing.<\/p>\n

ti\u0101n xià w\u016b y\u0101 – y\u012b b\u0101n h\u0113i<\/font><\/em>
\u5929\u4e0b\u4e4c\u9e26 – \u4e00\u822c\u9ed1<\/strong>
All crows are black. – Evil people are the same all over the world; in every country dogs bite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n