{"id":4519,"date":"2019-11-20T19:31:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:36:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:36:57","slug":"chinese-allegories-lesson-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/chinese-allegories-lesson-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese allegories Lesson 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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l\u0103o sh\u016d guò ji\u0113 – rén rén h\u0103n d\u0103
<\/em><\/font>\u8001\u9f20\u8fc7\u8857 – \u4eba\u4eba\u558a\u6253<\/strong>
A rat runs across the street. – Everybody shouts, "Kill it!"; to be extremely unpopular<\/p>\n

duì niú tán qín – bù q\u012d zuò yòng
<\/font><\/em>\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434 – \u4e0d\u8d77\u4f5c\u7528
<\/strong>Play the lute to a cow – address the wrong audience; to act to little effect<\/p>\n

s\u0101n ti\u0101n d\u0103 yú, li\u0103ng ti\u0101n shài w\u0103ng – mó yáng g\u014dng
<\/font><\/em>\u4e09\u5929\u6253\u9c7c\uff0c\u4e24\u5929\u6652\u7f51 – \u78e8\u6d0b\u5de5<\/strong>
Go fishing for three days and then dry the nets for two – dawdle over one’s work; work off and on<\/p>\n

xi\u0103o xiàng zi l\u012d ná zhú g\u0101n – zhí lái zhí qù
<\/font><\/em>\u5c0f\u5df7\u5b50\u91cc\u62ff\u7af9\u7aff – \u76f4\u6765\u76f4\u53bb
<\/strong>Take a bamboo in an alley – go straight; speak frankly and openly<\/p>\n

guò hé ch\u0101i qiáo – wàng \u0113n fù yì<\/font><\/em>
\u8fc7\u6cb3\u62c6\u6865 – \u5fd8\u6069\u8d1f\u4e49<\/strong>
Demolish the bridge once the river is crossed. – be ungrateful to one’s benefactor<\/p>\n

bái zh\u012d h\u0113i zì – h\u0113i bái f\u0113n míng<\/font><\/em>
\u767d\u7eb8\u9ed1\u5b57 – \u9ed1\u767d\u5206\u660e<\/strong>
(Written) in black and white – in sharp contrast; being clear-cut<\/p>\n

zh\u016b b\u0101 jiè zhào jìng zi – l\u012d wài bù shì rén<\/font><\/em>
\u732a\u516b\u6212\u7167\u955c\u5b50 – \u91cc\u5916\u4e0d\u662f\u4eba<\/strong>
Zhu Bajie (Pig in Journey to the West<\/em>, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, who carries a rake as a weapon) looks in the mirror – neither he nor his reflection is anything but a pig; (figuratively), trying to please everyone and ending up pleasing no-one. When you are in such a situation you feel like "\u91cc\u5916\u4e0d\u662f\u4eba".<\/p>\n

rè gu\u014d shang de m\u0103 y\u012d – jí de tuán tuán zhuàn<\/font><\/em>
\u70ed\u9505\u4e0a\u7684\u8682\u8681 – \u6025\u5f97\u56e2\u56e2\u8f6c<\/strong>
Ants crawling frantically on a hot pan – cat on a hot tin roof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n