What are some good books on idioms and allusions?

Fables and Stories

1, oxen clothes to sob, allusion to the name, idiom, alluded to the Han Book - Wang Zhang biography. Han dynasty Wang Zhang for Zhu Sheng study in Chang'an, sick without being, lying in the cow clothes, to his wife, sobbing, farewell. So with "cow clothes to sob" and other said husband and wife * * * keep poor, or describe the poor living in poverty of the desolate state. When Wang Zhang was a scholar studying in Chang'an, he was sick and had no blanket, so he lay down in a cow's coat and sobbed to his wife, bidding her farewell. Later, it was used "cow clothes to sob, cow clothes crying at night, cow clothes when was, Wang Zhang was, lying cow clothes, sleeping cow clothes, embracing cow clothes, sobbing cow clothes, cow clothes tears", etc., said the husband and wife * * * to keep the poor, or to describe the poor living in poverty and hardship of the bleak state.

2, Woods poor years: from the Eastern Han - Ban Gu "Han Shu - Wang Bao biography", refers to the hard work year-round to do so, diligent and unremitting. It is a metaphor for doing things tirelessly. Wooden: the appearance of laboriousness. The poor year: the end of the year, the end of the year. Now it is a metaphor for a year of hard work.

3, Shu Dogs Barking at the Sun [shǔ quǎn fèi rì] Explanation: Shu: short for Sichuan Province; Bark: dogs barking. The original meaning is that Sichuan is rainy, where the dog does not often sun, the sun will be barking. It is a metaphor for being a little bit strange. From: Tang Liu Zongyuan "Reply to Wei Zhongli on the teacher's book": "Qu Zi Fu said: 'The dogs in the Euphrasia barked, and the barking is strange.' The servant went to hear that in the south of Yong and Shu, there is constant rain and few days, and the dogs bark at sunrise."

4, rhinoceros looking at the moon: from the Southern Song Dynasty Liu Yiqing's "Shishu Xinyao - words", the metaphor is afraid of something similar, but also refers to the hot summer days, and a number of other myths and legends.

5, "yellow bells and dalu": alluded to the "Zhou ritual commentary" volume 22 "spring official Zongbo - large music". Huang Zhong, China's ancient rhythms of twelve laws in the first of the six yang law. Dalü, the first of the six yin rhythms. Later on, the term "Huang Zhong Da Lu" was used to describe the music or speech as solemn, upright, subtle and harmonious.

6. White Dragon and Fish: The white dragon is transformed into a fish swimming in the abyss. It is a metaphor for the emperor or a big official to hide his identity and travel in modified clothes. It is a metaphor for a nobleman traveling in microclothes for fear of misfortune. Western Han Dynasty - Liu Xiang, "Layuan - Zheng Jian": "In the past, the white dragon went down to the clear and cold abyss and turned into a fish, and the fisherman hesitated and shot it in the eye. Han Dynasty - Zhang Heng "Tokyo Fugue": "The white dragon fish suit, see sleepy Yu and."

7. 百巧千穷： bǎi qiǎo qiān qióng 解釋：指有才能者境遇反而不好。 It is also known as "a hundred coincidences into a poor". Source: Song Chen Shidao's poem "Getting Up Early": "There is no food in the house, but the high pillow, and only short bows for the hundred skillful and thousand poor." Example: Song Chen Shidao's poem "Send to Zhang Chaoyu of Shanzhou": "The heart of the Lord is still strong after a word of enlightenment, and the hair of the hundred skillful people has become poor since it is new."

8、曲突徙薪[qū tū xǐ xīn]解释：曲：弯；突：烟囱；徙：迁移；薪：柴草。 The chimneys were converted into curved ones, and the firewood next to the stoves was moved away. It is a metaphor for taking measures beforehand in order to prevent disasters. From: "The Book of Han - Huo Guang Zhuan": "I heard that a guest had passed by his master and saw his stove protruding straightly, with a pile of firewood beside it. The guest said the master, more curved protrusion, far migrate its salary, not and fire, the master hey should not. Russia and home fruit fire, neighbors **** rescue, fortunately rest.

9, bamboo and horse: idiom, describing the childhood to be good friends. Li Bai's "long dry line": "Lang rode the bamboo horse, around the bed to get the plums, live together in the long dry, two small no suspicion guess."

10. A meal is worth a thousand pieces of gold: it is a metaphor for a generous reward for someone who is kind to oneself. Han Xin was a poor young man, fishing in Huaiyin City, a floating mother saw his hunger, rice. Later, when Xin became the king of Chu, he summoned his followers to eat with her and gave them a thousand pieces of gold. See "The Records of the Grand Historian (史记-淮阴侯列传)". Later, it was called "a meal is worth a thousand pieces of gold". Tang Shen Ya Zhi "Jing the former Pinglu military section Shi": "The food is raised to the people, when the thirst and hunger of hope, a meal of gold, not enough can not be ten gold."

11, seven steps of talent: explanation: describes the talent. From: Southern Song Dynasty - Liu Yiqing "Shishu Xinyi - literature": "Emperor Wen tasted ordering the Dong'a Wang seven steps in the poem, those who do not line Dafa; answering the voice will be for the poem, said: 'Boiled beans held as a soup, liquefied peas for juice; beanstalks in the kettle under the burn, beans in the kettle weeping; this is from the same root of the same, each other fried too anxious! The emperor was y ashamed."

12, the dog's tail to continue sable: sable not enough to take the dog's tail to replace, refers to the sealing of the official is too abusive. It is also compared to take the bad things to fill in the good things behind, before and after the two parts are very disproportionate (mostly refers to literary works). In addition to its original meaning, the idiom of "狗尾续貂" was also used to describe a poor writing or clerical ability. The idiom of "Dog's Tail, Sable's Tail" is derived from "Book of Jin - Zhao Wang Lun's Biography": "The slaves and pawns are also honored with titles. Every court meeting, the sable cicadas sat, the people of the proverb: "sable is not enough, the dog's tail continues.'"

13, white clouds and dogs explanation: pale: grayish-white. Floating clouds like white clothes, and then become like a pale dog. It is a metaphor for things changing. From: Tang Du Fu's "Poem of Lamentation": "The floating clouds in the sky look like white clothes, but they change like a pale dog."

14, ěr tí miàn mìng [ěr tí miàn mìng] Explanation: Not only tell him to his face, but also tell him by lifting his ears. It describes that elders are eager to teach. From："Poetry-Daya-抑"："Bandit's face is ordered, and his ears are lifted up by his words."

15、虚怀若谷[xū huái ruò gǔ]解释：虚：谦虚；谷：山谷。 The heart is as deep and wide as the valley. It describes a person who is very modest and can accommodate the opinions of others. From：Laozi："Dun兮其若朴,旷兮其若谷."

16, three snakes and seven rats [sān shé qī shǔ] Explanation: It is a metaphor for a lot of harmful things. From: Qing Dynasty - Zhai Hao's "The Common People's Book - Fowl and Fish": "One mu of land, three snakes and seven rats."

17, ten rats in the same hole [shí shǔ tóng xué]Explanation: The metaphor is to make concentrated together, a net. From：《Three Kingdoms Zhi-Wei Shu-Bao Xun biography》："Xun has no living points, and you dare to indulge in it! Collect three officials have been paid to assassinate the traitor, when the ten rats in the same hole."

18, stupid mouse drag ginger [chī shǔ tuō jiāng] explanation: also known as "stupid mouse drag ginger". The metaphor is that the unintelligent people are looking for trouble. Children's Heroic Tales, the second two: "According to the proverb, it is called 'selling pots of self-seeking'; off the sentence will be called 'stupid mouse drag ginger, spring silkworms self-fettered'!"