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Chinese Idiom 邯郸学步

战国时,赵国首都邯郸以人们走路的姿势闻名。邯郸人的步伐充满活力,非常优美。其他地方人都很羡慕这一点,他们认为邯郸人的走路姿势是天底下最优美的。几个燕国的少年甚至想学习赵人这种优美的走路姿势,于是他们长途跋涉,来到邯郸学习。
在邯郸,这些少年仔细的观察当地人,迫切地想搞清楚他们是怎么走路的。但无论他们怎么试,就是学不会像邯郸人那样的走路姿势。更糟糕的是,当他们决定放弃准备回家时, 他们发现自己连原来的走法也忘了,只好爬着回去。
“邯郸学步”这个成语就是从这则传说而来的。用来形容那些盲目模仿别人,反而丧失原有个性的人。

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Lesson 004 Revision of Greetings

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, a brand new Chinese learning program on China Radio International. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Hello, every one. I’m Cam. Time goes so quickly that we are already at the end of the week. It’s time for us to review what we’ve learnt this week.

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