{"id":4522,"date":"2019-11-21T00:33:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T00:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:37:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:37:32","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-allegories-lesson-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
 xi\u01ceo c\u014dng bàn dòu fu – y\u012b q\u012bng èr bái
\u5c0f\u8471\u62cc\u8c46\u8150 – \u4e00\u6e05\u4e8c\u767d
White bean curd and green scallions – as clear as daylight<\/p>\n

g\u01d2u ná hào zi – du\u014d gu\u01cen xián shì
\u72d7\u62ff\u8017\u5b50 – \u591a\u7ba1\u95f2\u4e8b
Dog trying to catch mice – meddling in other people’s business<\/p>\n

y\u01ce ba ch\u012b huáng lián – y\u01d2u k\u01d4 shu\u014d bù ch\u016b
\u54d1\u5df4\u5403\u9ec4\u8fde – \u6709\u82e6\u8bf4\u4e0d\u51fa
A dump person tasting bitter herbs – unable to express one’s discomfort <\/p>\n

qi\u016b hòu de mà zha – bèng da bù li\u01ceo j\u01d0 ti\u0101n
\u79cb\u540e\u7684\u8682\u86b1 – \u8e66\u8df6\u4e0d\u4e86\u51e0\u5929
A grasshopper in late autumn – nearing one’s end<\/p>\n

ní pú sa guò hé – zì sh\u0113n nán b\u01ceo
\u6ce5\u83e9\u8428\u8fc7\u6cb3 – \u81ea\u8eab\u96be\u4fdd
The clay idol crosses a river – one is hardly able to save oneself, let alone assist others<\/p>\n

zhú lán d\u01ce shu\u01d0 – y\u012b ch\u01ceng k\u014dng
\u7af9\u7bee\u6253\u6c34 – \u4e00\u573a\u7a7a
Draw water with a bamboo basket – achieving nothing; fruitless labor<\/p>\n

g\u01cen miàn zhàng chu\u012b hu\u01d2 – yí qiào bù t\u014dng
\u64c0\u9762\u6756\u5439\u706b – \u4e00\u7a8d\u4e0d\u901a
Try to blow the fire with a rolling pin – be completely ignorant or irrelevant<\/p>\n

ji\u0101ng tài g\u014dng diào yú – yuàn zh\u011b shang g\u014du
\u59dc\u592a\u516c\u9493\u9c7c – \u613f\u8005\u4e0a\u94a9
Fish like Jiang Taigong (prime minister of Zhou Dynasty in Chinese history) , who cast a hook-less and bait-less line for the fish that wants to be caught – ask for willing victim or collaborator
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