{"id":15183,"date":"2019-12-04T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-words-phrases\/chinese-idioms-hua-she-tian-zu-draw-a-snake-and-add-feet-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:44:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:44:07","slug":"chinese-idioms-hua-she-tian-zu-draw-a-snake-and-add-feet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/chinese-idioms-hua-she-tian-zu-draw-a-snake-and-add-feet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese idioms\uff1a\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3\u2014\u2014 Draw A Snake and Add Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ch\u01d4\u0261uó y\u01d2uyí\u0261e \u0261u\u0101nyuán zàich\u016bnti\u0101n jì\u0261uòle z\u01d4z\u014dn\u0261 zh\u012bhòu<\/div>\n
\u695a\u56fd\u6709\u4e00\u4e2a\u5b98\u5458\uff0c\u5728\u6625\u5929\u796d\u8fc7\u4e86\u7956\u5b97\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

biànji\u0101n\u0261 yìhúji\u01d4 sh\u01cen\u0261\u0261\u011bi t\u0101de bànshìrényuán h\u0113<\/div>\n
\u4fbf\u5c06\u4e00\u58f6\u9152\u8d4f\u7ed9\u4ed6\u7684\u529e\u4e8b\u4eba\u5458\u559d\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

y\u01d2urén tíyì w\u01d2mén zh\u01d0y\u01d2u yìhúji\u01d4 k\u011bndìn\u0261 bú\u0261òu w\u01d2mén dàji\u0101 h\u0113de<\/div>\n
\u6709\u4eba\u63d0\u8bae\uff1a"\u6211\u4eec\u53ea\u6709\u4e00\u58f6\u9152\uff0c\u80af\u5b9a\u4e0d\u591f\u6211\u4eec\u5927\u5bb6\u559d\u7684\uff0c<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

yí\u0261erénh\u0113 dàoshì chuòchuòy\u01d2uyú w\u01d2mén méirén zàidìshàn\u0261 huà yìtiáoshé<\/div>\n
\u4e00\u4e2a\u4eba\u559d\u5012\u662f\u7ef0\u7ef0\u6709\u4f59\u3002\u6211\u4eec\u6bcf\u4eba\u5728\u5730\u4e0a\u753b\u4e00\u6761\u86c7\uff0c<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

shéi huàdé zuìkuài jiùb\u01ce zhèhúji\u01d4 \u0261\u011bit\u0101 dàji\u0101 d\u014dutón\u0261yì le<\/div>\n
\u8c01\u753b\u5f97\u6700\u5feb\uff0c\u5c31\u628a\u8fd9\u58f6\u9152\u7ed9\u4ed6\u3002" \u5927\u5bb6\u90fd\u540c\u610f\u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

An official of the ancient state of chu awarded a pot of wine to his men after the ceremony of spring sacrifice. one man said, "we have only one pot of wine. it's not enough for all of us but sufficient for one. let's determine who'll have the wine by drawing a snake on the ground. he who finishes first will have the wine."<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

y\u01d2uyí\u0261erén h\u011bnkuài jiùb\u01ce shé huàh\u01ceole<\/div>\n
\u6709\u4e00\u4e2a\u4eba\u5f88\u5feb\u5c31\u628a\u86c7\u753b\u597d\u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

t\u0101 zhèn\u0261d\u01cesuàn h\u0113zhèhúji\u01d4shí kànjiàn biérén d\u014duhái mán\u0261zhe huà ne<\/div>\n
\u4ed6\u6b63\u6253\u7b97\u559d\u8fd9\u58f6\u9152\u65f6\uff0c\u770b\u89c1\u522b\u4eba\u90fd\u8fd8\u5fd9\u7740\u753b\u5462\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

t\u0101jiù déyìyán\u0261yán\u0261 dìshu\u014d n\u01d0mén huàdé h\u01ceomàn yà d\u011bn\u0261w\u01d2 zàihuàshàn\u0261 j\u01d0zh\u012bji\u01ceo b\u0251<\/div>\n
\u4ed6\u5c31\u5f97\u610f\u626c\u626c\u5730\u8bf4\uff1a"\u4f60\u4eec\u753b\u5f97\u597d\u6162\u5440\uff0c\u7b49\u6211\u518d\u753b\u4e0a\u51e0\u53ea\u811a\u5427\uff01" <\/div>\n<\/p>\n

t\u0101de shéji\u01ceo háiméi huàwán lìn\u0261yí\u0261erén y\u01d0j\u012bn\u0261 b\u01ceshé huàh\u01ceole<\/div>\n
\u4ed6\u7684\u86c7\u811a\u8fd8\u6ca1\u753b\u5b8c\uff0c\u53e6\u4e00\u4e2a\u4eba\u5df2\u7ecf\u628a\u86c7\u753b\u597d\u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

nàrén b\u01ceji\u01d4hú duóle \u0261uòqù shu\u014d y\u01d2ushéi jiàn\u0261uò zh\u01cen\u0261ji\u01ceodeshé n\u01d0 huàde búshìshé<\/div>\n
\u90a3\u4eba\u628a\u9152\u58f6\u593a\u4e86\u8fc7\u53bb\u8bf4\uff1a"\u6709\u8c01\u89c1\u8fc7\u957f\u811a\u7684\u86c7\uff1f\u4f60\u753b\u7684\u4e0d\u662f\u86c7\uff0c<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

zhèhúji\u01d4 y\u012bn\u0261\u0261\u0101i shìw\u01d2de le shu\u014dbà jiùh\u0113q\u01d0ji\u01d4lái<\/div>\n
\u8fd9\u58f6\u9152\u5e94\u8be5\u662f\u6211\u7684\u4e86\u3002"\u8bf4\u7f62\uff0c\u5c31\u559d\u8d77\u9152\u6765\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

nà\u0261e \u0261\u011bishéhuàji\u01ceo derén méibànf\u01ce zh\u01d0nén\u0261 àohu\u01d0 zìj\u01d0 de yúch\u01d4n<\/div>\n
\u90a3\u4e2a\u7ed9\u86c7\u753b\u811a\u7684\u4eba\u6ca1\u529e\u6cd5\uff0c\u53ea\u80fd\u61ca\u6094\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u611a\u8822\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

The others agreed. very soon, one man finished his snake. he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing. he said complacently,"how slowly you are! i still have enough time to add feet to my snke." but before he finished the feet, another man finished his snke and grabbed the pot from him, saying,"whoever has seen a snake with feet? yours is not a snke. so the wine should be mine!" he drank the wine. the man adding the feet to the snake had to give in and could only regret his foolishness.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

huàshéti\u0101nzú zhè\u0261echén\u0261y\u01d4 jiùshìch\u016b cón\u0261 zhè\u0261e \u0261ùshiláide<\/div>\n
"\u753b\u86c7\u6dfb\u8db3"\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6210\u8bed\u5c31\u662f\u4ece\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6545\u4e8b\u6765\u7684\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

xiànzài rénmén yòn\u0261t\u0101 láishu\u014dmín\u0261 zhème\u0261è dàol\u01d0 zuòde \u0261uòfèn hé zuòde bú\u0261òu yíyàn\u0261 y\u01d2uhài<\/div>\n
\u73b0\u5728\u4eba\u4eec\u7528\u5b83\u6765\u8bf4\u660e\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e2a\u9053\u7406\uff1a\u505a\u7684\u8fc7\u5206\u548c\u505a\u7684\u4e0d\u591f\u662f\u4e00\u6837\u6709\u5bb3\u7684\u3002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

From that story comes the idiom "draw a snake and add feet to it". now people use this idiom to illustrate the truth that going too far is as bad as not going far enough.<\/div><\/p>\n