On the first day of the first month of the Chinese New Year, we will revisit the idioms about the rooster--
When the rooster rises and dances
The idiom explains that the original meaning is that when the rooster hears the cock crows, he gets up and dances with the sword, and later it is a metaphor for those who aspire to serve the country to rise up. At the same time, it is a metaphor for a strong-willed, persevering and patient aspirant. The Book of Jin - Zu Ti biography: Legend has it that Zu Ti, a general during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was very ambitious when he was young, and every time he talked about the current situation with his friend Liu Kun, he was always impassioned, and in order to serve the country, they got up in the middle of the night as soon as they heard the cock crowing ......
Chicken and Dog
Often, they said. "When one man achieves the Dao, the chicken and the dog rise up". This is a story recounted in the Biography of the Immortals by Ge Hong, a man from the Jin Dynasty. When Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Han Dynasty, sought for immortal formulae and divine arts, an immortal man named Bakong taught him the way to make an elixir of immortality. After Liu An made it and ate it, he ascended to heaven in broad daylight. When he left, he put the remaining elixir in the courtyard, and the chickens and dogs ate it, and both of them ascended to the sky, so that "the chickens are singing in the sky, and the dogs are barking in the clouds".
Crane standing on a flock of chickens
"Crane" in "Crane Standing on a Flock of Chickens" stands for elegance, and "chicken" means mediocrity. Of course, a crane stands out from the crowd.
This is said to be the Jin Dynasty J Shao. J Shao is one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" at the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties, Jikang's son, he was physically imposing, smart and handsome, very prominent in the companions. When Emperor Hui of Jin, JI Shao official as a retainer.
When JI Shao was alive, once someone said to Wang Xu: "Yesterday, I saw JI Shao in the crowd, as wild as the wild crane in the flock of chickens." Later on, the expression "a crane standing on a flock of chickens" was used to describe a person whose instrument or talent stood out in a group of people around him.
The idiom of Cock crows, Hou Dan
Idioms by The Free Dictionary Wait: Wait. I was afraid of missing the dawn and delaying my business, so I got up before dawn. It describes a person who treasures time and is diligent in self-motivation. From "Poetry Classic - Qi Feng - Chicken Song": "The chicken is already sounding, and the morning is already full. ......"
Selling the chicken for the phoenix
Idiomatic expression explains from Tang - Huang Tao "Thank you for the test officer": "Volume I think of selling the chicken for the phoenix, and there is the knowledge I'm surprised to learn that a person who is knowledgeable is a phoenix, and I'm ashamed to say that I'm a good person." It means to confuse the good with the bad.
Dull as a Wooden Chicken
Chinese idiom explains: "Dull as a wooden chicken". It describes the appearance of being dumbfounded by fear or amazement.
Ji Jianzi was an expert in training chickens for cockfighting in the Spring and Autumn Period, and because his reputation was so strong, the King of Qi brought him in to train chickens for cockfighting as well.
Ten days later, the king of Qi asked him to train him in cockfighting, and he did so with ease. A month later, the King of Qi was getting tired of waiting, but Ji Guanzi still shook his head and said no. After another ten days, Ji Jianzi told the king of Qi that the cockfighting was well trained, and that the cockfighting was so powerful that other chickens froze in fear like logs when they saw it, so it was really an invincible cockfighting!
Time flies, and the Year of the Monkey has slipped away. The hope of the New Year descends in the sound of firecrackers, and the golden rooster announces the opening of the door to the new year. The hope of the New Year is the innocent smile on the face of a child, is a warm breeze, it blooms above your heart and mine.
2017, is a year of development and hope. "Three more lights and five more chickens, it is the time for children to read." May 2017 be the year to read more good books and climb higher mountains!
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