Chinese idioms with animals include:
1. Mouse-eyed [ shǔ mù cùn guāng ]?1.? Explanation:Describing short-sightedness and lack of foresight.
2.? Example:We should set up lofty ideals from childhood, study hard for scientific knowledge, and never be a rat-eyed mediocrity.
3.? Grammar: subject-predicate tense; as predicate, determiner, object; with pejorative meaning
2. bull knife small test [ niú dāo xiǎo shì ]?1. Explanation:牛刀:宰牛的刀;小试:稍微用一下,初显身手。 It is a metaphor for a person with great ability to show his talent in small things first. It is also a metaphor for the ability of the person who has just begun to work to show talent.
2. From:Song-Su Shi《Sending Ouyang to Wei Cheng》poem:"I have read the toothpick 30,000 axes, and I want to come to Xiaoyi to try the ox-knife."
3.? Grammar: subject-predicate tense; as predicate, determiner; used in written language
3. tiger's back and bear's waist [ hǔ bèi xióng yāo ]?1. Explanation:Back as broad as a tiger, waist as thick as a bear. Describe a person's body as sturdy and robust.
2.? From:Yuan-Wu Ming's "Flying Daggers and Arrows": "This guy is a good man, with a dog's back and a donkey's waist, oh, it's a tiger's back and a bear's waist."
3. Example:One face is like heavy jujubes, and one face is like gold, both of them are ~, with extraordinary looks. ◎ Qing - Li Ruzhen "Mirror Flower Edge" ninety-five
Fourth, the rabbit rises up the mallard [ tù qǐ fú jǔ ]?1. Explanation: Eider: wild duck. It is like a rabbit that dares to run, like a duck that flies rapidly. It is a metaphor for rapid action.
2.? From: "Lüshi Chunqiu - on Wei": "Knowing that it can not be located for a long time, you know that the rabbit rises up mallard, the land of death and forgetfulness is carried out."
3.? 语法:联合式;作状语;含褒义,用于书面语
五、马不停蹄 [ mǎ bù tíng tí ]?1.? Explanation:Metaphorically, the horse goes forward without stopping.
2.? From:Yuan-Wang Shifu《Lichun Hall》: "Winning him is hard to catch his hand in a hurry, and beating him without stopping his hooves."
3. Example: ~'s walk until the sky is bright, to see the pursuers have been far away, Fang began to strangle the horse. ◎ Qing - Wu Corns "Painful History" the third