{"id":4510,"date":"2019-11-20T10:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-phrases\/chinese-allegories-lesson-13\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:15:06","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/chinese-allegories-lesson-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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tuó zi di\u0113 g\u0113n tou – li\u0103ng tóu bù zhuó (luò) shí
<\/em><\/font>\u9a7c\u5b50\u8dcc\u8ddf\u5934 – \u4e24\u5934\u4e0d\u7740\uff08\u843d\uff09\u5b9e<\/strong>
Like a hunchback falling down with neither the head nor the feet touching the ground – fall between two stools<\/p>\n

d\u0115ng g\u014dng j\u012b xià dàn – méi zh\u012d wang
<\/font><\/em>\u7b49\u516c\u9e21\u4e0b\u86cb – \u6ca1\u6307\u671b
<\/strong>Never expect a rooster to lay an egg. – There is no hope for something.<\/p>\n

hán xìn jiàng b\u012bng – du\u014d du\u014d yì shàn
<\/font><\/em>\u97e9\u4fe1\u5c06\u5175 – \u591a\u591a\u76ca\u5584
<\/strong>Han Xin (strategist in the Qin and Han dynasties) commanding troops – The more, the better.<\/p>\n

zh\u0101ng f\u0113i chu\u0101n zh\u0113n – c\u016b zh\u014dng y\u014fu xì
<\/font><\/em>\u5f20\u98de\u7a7f\u9488 – \u7c97\u4e2d\u6709\u7ec6<\/strong>
Zhang Fei (general of Shu of the Three Kingdoms, known for his sometimes rash bravery) threading a needle – There’s subtlety in what seems to be crudeness.<\/p>\n

s\u016bn hóu zi de li\u0103n – shu\u014d biàn jiù biàn<\/font><\/em>
\u5b59\u7334\u5b50\u7684\u8138 – \u8bf4\u53d8\u5c31\u53d8<\/strong>
The Monkey King’s face – unpredictable changes<\/p>\n

l\u0103o h\u01d4 dài fó zh\u016b – ji\u0103 cí b\u0113i<\/font><\/em>
\u8001\u864e\u6234\u4f5b\u73e0 – \u5047\u6148\u60b2<\/strong>
A tiger wearing a monk’s beads – A vicious person pretending to be benevolent<\/p>\n

luó bo q\u012bng cài – gè y\u014fu su\u014f ài<\/font><\/em>
\u841d\u535c\u9752\u83dc – \u5404\u6709\u6240\u7231<\/strong>
No dish suits all tastes; one man’s meat is another man’s poison; every Jack has his Jill.<\/p>\n

c\u0103o shang de lù shui – nán cháng ji\u01d4<\/font><\/em>
\u8349\u4e0a\u7684\u9732\u6c34 – \u96be\u957f\u4e45<\/strong>
Dew on the grass – can’t last long<\/p>\n<\/div>\n