- To rest on one's laurels - To be on one's own - To be flashy - To be a good man
- To be a fox and a tiger - To sweat it out - To be on top of the game - To return the favor
- To be an upstart - To be a young man - To be a destroyer, a storehouse and a fenced-off land
- To be in a hurry - To be a frog at the bottom of the well - To be a chicken in the mouth of the cow - To have no more to offer
- To be happy with the game - To be a thief in a hen's nest - To have a single hair of the ox -
- One for all - Open and honest - Empty - Collaborate
- Self-denial - Open a book - Chit-chat - Honey-mouthed
- Open the door and invite the thief - Unprecedented - Hard-working and thrifty - Protracted
3. Four-letter Idioms
Idioms by The Free Dictionary
---- Theft of an Axe by Suspicious Neighbors There once was a countryman who lost an axe and a sword, but he was not sure if he had a good idea of what he was doing. countryman who lost an axe.
He thought his neighbor's son had stolen it, so he paid attention to the man's every word, every move, and the more he saw, the more he thought the man looked like a thief who stole the axe. Later, the man who lost the axe found the axe, it turned out to be a few days ago when he went up the mountain to cut wood, a moment of negligence lost in the valley.
After finding the axe, he ran into his neighbor's son, and then looked at him carefully, and he didn't look like a thief. Suspecting the neighbor to steal the axe: do not pay attention to the factual basis, to people and things wildly suspicious.
2. Pull up seedlings to help grow Spring and Autumn Period, Song State, a farmer, he is always too slow to grow crops in the field, today go to see, tomorrow go to see, feel as if the seedlings always did not grow high. He thought to himself: what can be done to make them grow taller and faster? One day, he came to the field, the seedlings one by one to pull up.
A large number of seedlings, one by one to pull really took a lot of effort, and when he finished pulling seedlings, has been exhausted, but his heart is very happy. When he returned home, he boasted, "Today I am exhausted, and I have helped the seedlings grow several inches taller!" When his son heard this, he rushed to the field and found that all the seedlings in the field had died.
Van Bo was not only a poet, but also a good ruler of the country. Later on, he worked for King Li of Zhou to assist in the government.
However, King Li of Zhou was a domineering ruler, and he was notorious for his arbitrary behavior. He was a very good ruler, and his ministers were very good at flattering him.
Van Bo was very persuasive, listing the faults of the dynasty, but the treacherous ministers whispered in the ear of King Li. King Li of Zhou was very tired of Fan Bo, and from then on, the treacherous ministers came in and out of the court, not to put Fan Bo in the eye.
Van Bo was so indignant that he wrote a poem, which was later included in the Book of Songs. The poem slammed the treacherous courtiers saying, "Doing evil, irredeemable!" "Incorrigible": so sick that he could not be saved by medicine.
Later, the metaphor is that things are so bad that they cannot be saved. 4. Ride the wind and break the waves In ancient times, during the North and South Dynasties, there was a general in the state of Song surnamed Zongcourt, who was very brave and ambitious since he was a child.
One day, Zongcourt's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zongcourt replied, "I wish to ride the long wind and break ten thousand miles of waves." Meaning: I must break through all the obstacles and go forward to do something.
Zongcourt, through diligent study and hard work, finally became a capable general. Later, people used the phrase "riding the wind and breaking the waves" to describe the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and advancing bravely. 5.
Yang Jian, the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, abolished Emperor Jing of the Zhou Dynasty and became the emperor himself, establishing the Sui Dynasty. Determined to destroy the state of Chen, he once said, "I am the parent of all the people in the country, can I watch the people in the south suffer and not save them because there is a Yangtze River as narrow as a sash separating them? Later, people used "a belt of water" to compare only a narrow strip of water, very close to the two places.
6. High Mountains and Flowing Water During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Bo Ya, who was a famous qin master at that time. When Yu Bo Ya was young, he was smart and studious, and he studied under the tutelage of a high master, and his zither skills reached the level, but he always felt that he could not express his feelings towards various things in a divine way.
When Bo Ya's teacher realized what he was thinking, he took him on a boat to the island of Penglai in the East China Sea, so that he could enjoy the scenery of nature and listen to the sound of the ocean waves. Bo Ya raised his eyes and looked out, only to see the waves surging, waves splashing; seabirds flying, chirping into the ears; mountains and trees, lush, as into the fairyland in general.
A wonderful feeling arose, as if the ear clucked up the harmonious music of nature. He couldn't help but play the zither, and the sound turned freely, melting the beauty of nature into the sound of the zither, and Boya experienced an unprecedented realm.
The teacher told him, "You have learned." One night Bo Ya took a boat trip.
In the face of the breeze and the moon, he was thinking a lot, so he played the zither again, and the sound of the zither was melodious, and he was getting into a good mood. The first time I saw him, I heard someone on the shore call out.
Bo Ya heard the sound out of the boat, only to see a woodcutter standing on the shore, he knew that this person is the soulmate immediately invited the woodcutter on board, and excitedly played for him. Bo Ya played a tune in praise of the mountains, the woodcutter said: "Really good! Majestic and solemn, as if towering over Mount Tai!" When he played a tune expressing the surging waves, the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Wide and voluminous, as if seeing the rolling water, the boundless sea in general!" Boya was excited and said excitedly, "You are my soulmate! You are really my soulmate."
This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. From then on, they became very good friends.
The story is from "Lie Zi Tang Wen" (列子-汤问).
7. A word teacher A teacher who corrects a very crucial word in an article. The term comes from Tao Yue's "Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties" of the Song Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty was a very prosperous period in the development of feudal society in China, and literature and art were also very developed, of which poetry was the most representative. At that time, not only were there many poets and many poems created, but they were also very high in art and content level.
Among the many poets at that time, there was a poet named Qi already, one winter, he was in the wilderness after a heavy snowfall, saw the plum blossoms open proudly in the snow, the poem was inspired, and composed a poem, "Early Plum", to recite the plum blossoms that bloomed early in the winter. In the poem, there are two lines like this: "In the deep snow in the village before last night, several branches opened.
After it was written, he felt very satisfied. A man named Zheng Gu, after seeing the poem written by Qi already, thought that the meaning of the poem had not been exhausted.
So, after much thought and deliberation, he changed these two lines to read: In the deep snow of the former village, a branch bloomed last night.
Zheng Gu's change, although the number was changed to only one word, only one word change, but it makes "Early Plum" more relevant to the title, the poem's meaning is also more perfect. Qi was so impressed by this change that he called Zheng Gu his one-word master.
8. Concentration Once upon a time, there was a chess player named Qiu, who was very good at chess. Autumn had two students who studied chess with him. One of the students was very focused and concentrated on learning from his teacher.
The other one was not like that, he thought it was easy to learn chess, and he didn't need to be serious. While the teacher was explaining, he was sitting there, and his eyes seemed to be looking at the pieces, but in his mind he was thinking: "If only I could go out into the field now and shoot a wild goose, and have a nice meal."
Because he was always distracted by his thoughts, the teacher's explanation did not listen at all. As a result, though.
4. Idioms by The Free Dictionary 4 Character Words1. 沧沧海桑田 mulberry field, farmland.
The sea becomes mulberry fields, and the mulberry fields become the sea. Metaphorically speaking, world affairs have changed a lot.
Once upon a time, the immortals Wang Yuan and Magu, they met to drink at Caijing's house, Wang Yuan and his party soon arrived at Caijing's house, but did not see the arrival of Magu, so he sent a messenger to invite. She arrived and said that she had been ordered to inspect Penglai, and that she had already seen the East China Sea turn into a mulberry field three times, and that the sea had now receded by half again.
Wang Yuan said there to raise dust again 2, the long wind breaks the waves is a metaphor for ambition, not afraid of difficulties, and courageous. The famous general Zongcourt of the Southern Song Dynasty was ambitious from childhood and liked to dance with guns and swords. His uncle Zong Bing asked him about his ambition, and he replied, "I wish to ride the long wind to break ten thousand miles of waves!"
Metaphorically speaking, it is a sincere and repeated invitation. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei personally to Wolong Gang to see Zhuge Liang, the first two times did not see, the third time finally see Zhuge Liang, sincere invitation to Zhuge Liang out of the mountain 4, a leaf blindfold eyes are blocked by a leaf, refers to not see the whole picture of things.
There is a nerd from the ancient books read the "cicada cataract leaf" story, believe it, looking around, the cicada hiding place of the leaves all picked, take home to cover the face as a test, asked his wife can not see him. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley.
He took this leaf to the street to steal, was caught and said, "I have a leaf blindfold, you can see it?" 5, vivid lifelike lifelike: lively and vivid look. Refers to the artistic image is very realistic, as alive.
Zhuangzi wrote a story: "In the past, Zhuangzhou dreamed of butterflies, vivid butterflies," dreaming that he became a beautiful butterfly, more beautiful than the real butterflies, vivid, dancing in the air. 6, as in the palm of the finger: understand; finger palm: pointing at the palm of the hand.
Described as a very clear understanding of things, like putting things in the palm of the hand to show people.
Many people did not understand the Luo ritual and asked Confucius for advice. Confucius thought that Lu's temple was against the Zhou rites, but he avoided talking about it, pointing to the palm of his hand and saying: "He who knows the Luo rites can rule the country as if he knew it well. 7.
One person against ten people. The army is valiant and good at fighting.
In 506 A.D., Sun Wu led 30,000 elite troops to attack Chu, destroying more than 200,000 Chu troops, creating a battle example of one against ten.8. Thousands of calls describes repeated urging. Bai Juyi used poetry to plead for the people and offended the powerful at that time.
Therefore, he was relegated to Jiangzhou to be the Secretary. He came to the Xunyang River to see off his friends who were about to leave, and the wind blew the reeds to convey a gust of bleakness.
They boarded the boat and drank wine, and a pipa sound came from the river. They drove close to the boat, a thousand calls to see that embracing the pipa half cover the face of the good 9, not confined to a pattern of confinement: restrictions; grid: specifications, the way.
Not limited to a specification or a pattern. Gong Zizhen, a thinker in the Qing Dynasty, in the face of the corrupt Qing ***, advocated reform, advocated anti-smoking, and could not be reused by the court.
48 years old resolutely resigned to go back to hiding, when passing through Zhenjiang to see the locals in the worship of the sky god, he composed a poem: "Nine states are angry with the wind and thunder, 10,000 horse mute can be sad; I urge the God of heaven to shake, not confined to a pattern of lowering the talent." 10, the metaphor of pulling up seedlings is against the objective law of the development of things, eager to achieve, but bad.
Once upon a time, a farmer in Song was worried that the seedlings in his field would not grow tall enough, so he went to the edge of the field every day. Three days passed, but the seedlings did not move.
He came up with a solution, so he rushed to the field and pulled up the seedlings one by one. He went back to his son and told him that the seedlings had grown a great deal taller, and the son ran to the field and saw that they were all dead.11. A cup of water is used to save a cart of firewood from a fire.
The metaphor is that the power is too small to solve the problem. Once upon a time there was a woodcutter who was fetching firewood on the mountain, and when he heard the sound of putting out the fire, he ran to put out the fire.
Later, his firewood cart also caught fire, just saw a cup on the side of the road, took the cup and ran to the river to fill the water to put out the fire, but the fire was too big, a cup of water is not helpful at all, a whole car of firewood all burned 12, hearsay heard on the road, the road to spread the word. General refers to unfounded rumors.
5. Primary school students idioms allusion to four-letter wordsIron and mortar grinding needle allusion The famous great poet of the Tang Dynasty Li Bai did not like to study when he was a child, and often skipped school and went wandering in the street.
One day, Li Bai didn't go to school again and wandered around the streets, unknowingly arriving at the outskirts of the city. Warm sunshine, happy birds, swaying with the wind flowers and grasses make Li Bai sigh, "such a good weather, if all day in the house reading more meaningless?" Walking, in front of a broken hut, sat a white-haired old woman, is grinding a stick-like thick mortar and pestle.
Li Bai walked over, "Granny, what are you doing?" "I'm going to grind this pestle into an embroidery needle. " The old woman raised her head and smiled at Li Bai, then lowered her head again and continued grinding.
"An embroidery needle?" Li Bai asked again, "Is it an embroidery needle for sewing clothes?" "Of course!" "But the pestle and mortar is so thick, when will it be ground into a fine embroidery needle?" The old woman asked Li Bai rhetorically, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, and the Foolish Lord can move mountains, so why can't an iron mortar and pestle be sharpened into an embroidery needle?" "But you are so old?" "As long as I put in more effort than others, there is nothing I cannot do." The old woman's words made Li Bai ashamed, so he went back and never skipped school again.
The daily study was also especially hard, and finally became a famous poet. Interpretation No matter what you do, as long as you have perseverance, you will surely succeed, and your efforts will not fail you.
If our children are serious, hardworking and persistent in their studies, they will have no problem in getting good grades. (ii) Winking at the cock Allusion Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was an open-minded man with great ambitions.
But when he was a child, he was a naughty boy who didn't like to read. Into the youth, he realized that his own knowledge of the poor, deep sense of not reading in order to serve the country, and then read up.
He widely read books, serious study of history, so he was motivated to read books. He widely read books, seriously study history, from which he drew a wealth of knowledge, learning has grown greatly.
He had been in and out of Luoyang, the capital several times, and those who came into contact with him said that Zu Ti was a talented person who could assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended to become a government official, but he didn't agree to do so, and continued to study tirelessly.
Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend, Liu Kun, became the head of Si Zhou. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings, not only often lie in the same bed, sleep with the same quilt, but also have the **** the same lofty ideals: to build a career, revitalize the state of Jin, and become a pillar of the country.
Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the rooster's crow in his sleep, he kicked Liu Kun woke up, and said to him: "Other people think that it is unlucky to hear the rooster crowing in the middle of the night, I don't think so, why don't we just hear the rooster crowing in the future, and then get up to practice sword how?" Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up every day after the cock crowed to practice sword, sword light flying, sword sound clanging.
Spring and winter, cold and summer, never stop. After a long period of hard study and training, they finally became capable of writing and fighting, and were able to write well and lead troops to victory.
Zu Ti was appointed as the General of Zhenxi, realizing his wish to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor, and was in charge of the military of the three states of Jin, Ji, and You, giving full play to his literary talent and martial arts skills.
The idiom of "Winking at the rooster" describes a person who is enterprising, and it is also a metaphor for a person who has the will to make up his mind in time. （This story is from the "Strategies of the Warring States" (战国策).
During the Warring States period, there was a minister of the State of Chu named Zhuang Xin, who said to King Xiang of Chu one day: "When you are in the palace, there is a state marquis on your left, and a summer marquis on your right; and when you go out, the king of Yanling and the king of Shouxiang are always with you. You and these four people specialize in luxury and pleasure, regardless of state affairs, Ying (the capital of Chu, in present-day Jiangling County, Hubei Province, north) must be in danger!" When King Xiang heard this, he was very unhappy and scolded angrily, "Are you senile? Are you deliberately saying these sinister words to confuse people?" Zhuang Xin replied unhurriedly, "I really feel that things must come to this point, and do not dare to deliberately say that Chu has any misfortune.
If you keep favoring this man, Chu will surely perish. Since you don't believe me, please allow me to go to Zhao to hide for a while and see how things will really turn out."
Zhuang Xin had only lived in Zhao for five months when Qin really sent troops to invade Chu, and King Xiang was forced to go into exile in Yangcheng (northwest of present-day Xixian County, Henan Province). He thought Zhuang Xin's words were good, and hurriedly sent people to find him back and asked him what he could do; Zhuang Xin said sincerely, "I have heard that it is not too late to remember the hound when you see the rabbit's teeth, and it is not too late to make up for the sheep's pen when the sheep has run away.
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This is a very meaningful story, only know how to enjoy, do not know how to do things, the result is bound to be a tragic failure no doubt.
For example, a businessman made a mistake in estimating the development of things, and made a rash move, and fell into a situation of failure. But he was not discouraged, patiently think things over again, from this mistake to learn a lesson, that "mending the sheep", start from scratch, it is not too late! （According to the ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures, there was a small country in India with a king named King Mirror.
He believed in Shakyamuni's Buddhism, and every day he worshiped Buddha and recited scriptures, very pious. However, the country was popular with a lot of deities and witchcraft, most of the subjects were confused by their sermons, and the people were confused, right and wrong were not clear, which was very unfavorable to the governance of the country.
The Mirror King wanted his subjects to be Buddhist, so he came up with an idea: to educate and guide them by using the method of the blind man feeling the elephant. The Mirror King instructed his ministers to say, "You find some blind men who are completely blind and come to the king's city."
The envoy quickly gathered a group of blind men and led them to the palace. The messenger entered the palace and reported to the Mirror King, "Your Majesty, the blind men you ordered to be found have now been brought to the front of the palace."
The Mirror King said, "You will lead the blind men to the Elephant Garden early tomorrow morning, so that each of them can only touch one part of the elephant's body, and then immediately bring them to the square in front of the palace." The next morning, the Mirror King called all his ministers and tens of thousands of commoners to gather in the square in front of the royal palace, boiling with people exchanging words, who did not know what major event the king was about to announce.
In a short while, the messenger arrived leading the blind men.