{"id":4296,"date":"2019-11-12T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-wordsvocabulary\/idioms-lesson-39-mend-the-fold-after-a-sheep-is-lost-wang-yang-bu-lao\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T08:26:27","slug":"idioms-lesson-39-mend-the-fold-after-a-sheep-is-lost-wang-yang-bu-lao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/idioms-lesson-39-mend-the-fold-after-a-sheep-is-lost-wang-yang-bu-lao\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms Lesson 39 Mend the fold after a sheep is lost \u4ea1\u7f8a\u8865\u7262"},"content":{"rendered":"
During the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), the State of Chu became less powerful during the reign of King Xiang. The king and his im<\/em>portant court officials were dissolute and incompetent and indulged themselves in luxury and excessive pleasure. Zhuang Xin, one of the ministers, foresaw that the country would soon be in danger. One day, he remo<\/em>nstrated with the king: "Your Majesty, wherver you go, you’re always surrounded by people who flatter you. They do everything to make you happy so that you forget to tend to state affairs. If you go on like this, soo<\/em>ner or later, the country will perish."<\/p>\n

The King of Chu flew into a rage. "How dare you! You even use such vicious words to curse my country and mean to arouse resentment among the people!" Zhuang Xin explained, "I dare not curse the State of Chu. But I really have a premo<\/em>nition that Chu is facing great danger." Seeing that the king was especially fond of those corrupt officials and trusted them in everything, the minister thought Chu was bound for extinction. So he asked the king to let him leave Chu. He wanted to go to the State of Zhao and stay there for a while.<\/p>\n

The king gave him the leave. Five mo<\/em>nths later, the King of Qin sent his troops to invade Chu and occupied a large tract of its territory. The King of Chu himself went into exile. Now, the king remembered Zhuang Xin’s words. He sent his men to fetch him. Seeing Zhuang Xin again, the king asked him, "What can I do now?"<\/p>\n

Zhuang Xin replied, "It’s not too late if you mend the sheepfold when finding a sheep is missing." He then made some good suggestions to rehabilitate the state and recover the lost land. The king was very pleased.<\/p>\n

The idiom "Mend the fold after a sheep is lost" comes from Zhuang Xin’s answer to the king. We still use this me<\/em>taphor to advise someone that even when he has made a mistake and suffered losses, he can still remedy it by drawing lessons from the mistake.<\/p>\n

wáng yáng b\u01d4 láo
\u4ea1\u7f8a\u8865\u7262<\/p>\n

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       \u695a\u738b\u540c\u610f\u4e86\uff0c\u4ed6\u4fbf\u53bb\u4e86\u8d75\u56fd\u3002\u4e94\u4e2a\u6708\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u79e6\u541b\u679c\u7136\u6d3e\u519b\u5165\u4fb5\u695a\u56fd\uff0c\u5360\u9886\u4e86\u5927\u7247\u571f\u5730\u3002\u695a\u738b\u88ab\u8feb\u6d41\u4ea1\u3002\u8fd9\u65f6\uff0c\u4ed6\u60f3\u8d77\u4e86\u5e84\u8f9b\u7684\u529d\u8c0f\uff0c\u4e8e\u662f\u6d3e\u4eba\u63a5\u5e84\u8f9b\u56de\u6765\u3002\u695a\u738b\u89c1\u4e86\u5e84\u8f9b\uff0c\u4fbf\u95ee\uff1a“\u73b0\u5728\u6211\u8be5\u600e\u4e48\u529e\u5462\uff1f”<\/p>\n

       \u5e84\u8f9b\u56de\u7b54\u8bf4\uff1a“\u4e22\u4e86\u7f8a\uff0c\u5c31\u628a\u7f8a\u5708\u4fee\u597d\uff0c\u4e0d\u7b97\u8fdf\u3002”\u7136\u540e\u4ed6\u63d0\u51fa\u8bb8\u591a\u5982\u4f55\u91cd\u632f\u56fd\u5bb6\u3001\u6536\u590d\u5931\u5730\u7684\u597d\u8c0b\u7565\u3002\u695a\u738b\u975e\u5e38\u9ad8\u5174\u3002<\/p>\n

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ti\u0101n yá h?i ji?o
\u5929\u6daf\u6d77\u89d2
end of the earth; remotest corners of the earth
sh\u0101n qióng shu\u01d0 jìn
\u5c71\u7a77\u6c34\u5c3d
wher the mountains and the rivers end – be at the end of one’s rope or resources; be in predicament<\/p>\n

d\u01d0ng ti\u0101n lì dì
\u9876\u5929\u7acb\u5730
of titanic, noble stature; of the highest order; of dauntless spirit<\/p>\n

k\u014dng qián jué hòu
\u7a7a\u524d\u7edd\u540e
unprecedented and unrepeatable; unique<\/p>\n

wú qióng wú jìn
\u65e0\u7a77\u65e0\u5c3d
infinite; boundless; endless; limitless<\/p>\n

y\u012bng y?u jìn y?u
\u5e94\u6709\u5c3d\u6709
have everything that one expects to find

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