What are some idioms from fables?

Idioms are stereotyped words in the Chinese vocabulary. Idioms, people say, into the language, so idioms. Idioms are mostly four words, but also three words, five words and even more than seven words. The following is what I help you to organize the content of idioms from fables, welcome to share.

The story of the Snipe and the Clam

When Zhao was about to invade Yan, Su Dai (the younger brother of Su Qin, the strategist of the Warring States period) lobbied King Huiwen of Zhao on behalf of Yan, and told the following fable: "I came to pass through the Yishui River, and I saw the clams coming out to bask in the sun. The snipe took advantage of the opportunity to peck at the clam's flesh, but the clam closed its two shells and caught the snipe's beak. The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today, it won't rain tomorrow, and there'll be dead mussels.'' The mussel also said tit-for-tat, "If it doesn't come out today, and if it doesn't come out tomorrow (pinching and not letting go), there will be dead snipe.'' Neither would give up, when a fisherman's father came and carried both away together." As Yan and Zhao are confronting each other and both are getting tired, I am afraid that the mighty Qin is playing the role of a fisherman's father, so I hope that the great king will think y about it. King Huiwen agreed with Su Dai and stopped using troops against Yan.

The Story of Waiting for Rabbits

According to legend, in the Warring States period, there was a farmer in the state of Song, who worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. In a good year, he was only just fed and clothed; in a disaster, he had to go hungry. He wanted to improve his life, but he was too lazy, timid and small, doing everything is lazy and afraid, always want to encounter the unexpected wealth at the door.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late fall, he was plowing in the field, around people hunting. The sound of yelling rose and fell in all directions, and the frightened beasts ran for their lives. Suddenly, a rabbit, unbiased, crashed headlong into the roots of a tree at the edge of his field.

That day, he had a good meal.

From then on, he stopped farming. From then on, he stopped farming and waited all day for the miracle to happen.

The idiom of "waiting for rabbits by guarding plants" is a metaphor for trying to get something for nothing, or sticking to a narrow experience without knowing how to change it.

The story of "Drawing a snake to add feet to a snake"

This idiom is from "The Strategies of the Warring States Period (战国策 Qi Ce II)".

A shepherd in the state of Chu was given a jug of wine by his master, and felt that it was too little for several people to drink together, and too much for one person to drink alone, so he asked several people to draw snakes on the ground, and the one who drew the snake first would drink the wine. One man drew the snake first, picked up the wine pot and was ready to drink, looked at the others had not yet drawn, and took the pot in his left hand and drew the snake's feet with his right hand, before he drew the feet, the other man drew the snake and grabbed the wine pot and said, "The snake originally had no feet, how can you add feet to it?" After saying this, he drank the wine. The man who drew the snake's feet finally did not drink the wine.

Han Yu, a great writer of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Feeling of Spring", "There is nowhere to use the foot of the snake, and the snow at the temples tends to be white and dusty."

"Drawing a snake and adding feet" is a metaphor for doing something superfluous, but making things worse. Sometimes, it is also called "drawing a snake with feet".

The story of self-contradiction

During the Warring States period, Han Fei Zi, a great thinker, once told of a man who sold spears and shields, and who sold his spears as the sharpest spears in the world, which could not be pierced; and who sold his shields as the hardest shields in the world, which could not be pierced by anything. Someone in the crowd asked him to poke his shield with his spear, and he had to run away.

Spear: a stabbing weapon for attacking the enemy; Shield: a shield for protecting oneself. The metaphor is that one's words and deeds contradict each other.

The Story of Measuring and Tailoring

Zhang Rong, an official of the southern state of Qi, was highly valued and favored by Xiao Daocheng, the great ancestor of Qi, who said, "You can't be without one, and you can't be without two." Once sent to Zhang Rong sent an old dress, said he used to wear, now told the tailor according to his body to change the good, will fit. Zhang Rong received very grateful to Qi Taizu for his kindness.

Measure the body and cut the clothes according to the body shape. It is a metaphor for doing things according to the actual situation.

The story of the snake in the cup

Le Guang, a man from Henan province in the Jin Dynasty, was very hospitable, and when he saw that a friend did not come to his home for a long time, he was very strange and went to pay him a visit. Le Guang do not understand, back home to check the reason, the original is hanging on the wall of the bow shadow backward in the wine glass to, friends heard after the disease.

The shadow of the bow reflected in the wine glass is mistaken for a snake. It is a metaphor for fear caused by suspicion.

Mantis Catching Cicada

During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Shoumeng of Wu wanted to attack Chu and forbade his ministers to raise objections, one of the minister's son heard about it and brought his slingshot to the garden of the king's palace to shoot birds. When the king of Wu asked him what he was doing, he said he was watching the praying mantis catching cicadas on the tree, while the yellow bird was waiting at the back to eat the praying mantis. The king of Wu felt that his situation was similar to that of the praying mantis, so he had to cancel his plan.

Cicada: a robin. The mantis is not aware of the potential danger of catching cicadas. It is a metaphor for short-sightedness.

The Story of "Mending the Prison after the Sheep are Lost"

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 the Hou of the state on your left, and the Hou of the Xia on your right; and when you are going out, the king of Yan Ling and the king of Shou He are always following you around. You and these four people specialize in luxury and obscene pleasures, regardless of state affairs, Ying (Chu capital, in present-day Hubei Province, Jiangling County, north) must be in danger!"

Xiang listened to the king, very not high with, angry scolded: "You are old and confused?

Xiang listened to the very high with, angry scolded: "you old confused?

Zhuang Xin replied unhurriedly, "I really feel that things must come to this point, do not dare to deliberately say that Chu has any misfortune. If you keep favoring this man, Chu must 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). It was only then that he thought Zhuang Xin's words were good, and hurriedly sent someone to bring Zhuang Xin back and ask him what he could do; Zhuang Xin said sincerely, "I have heard that it is not too late to see the rabbit's teeth and think of the hounds; it is not too late to make up for the sheep's pen after the sheep has run away. ......"

This is a very meaningful story, only know enjoyment, do not know how to do things, the result is bound to be a tragic failure undoubtedly. The idiom of "mending the prison after a sheep is lost" is based on the above two sentences, which expresses the meaning that it is not too late to save the situation after a mistake has been made in the handling of things. For example, a businessman made a mistake in estimating the development of things and ventured rashly into a situation of failure. But he was not discouraged, and patiently thought things over again, and learned from this mistake, thinking that it was not too late to "mend the fold" and start from scratch!

The Story of the Human Face and the Beast's Heart

Yang Zhu invited Lao Zi to his home to ask for advice, and Lao Zi gave him a variety of people, saints look at the heart and mind rather than the appearance of the mortals look at the appearance of the people. The Fuxi clan, the Nuwa clan, and the Shennong clan were all snake-bodied and human-faced, with bull's head and tiger's nose, and had no human appearance. And Xia Jie, Yin Zhou, Lu Huan, Chu Mu, these human-faced fellows jeopardized the earth.

Human face and beast heart: although the face is human, but the heart is as vicious as a beast. It describes a person who is cruel and despicable.

The Story of Priceless Treasure

During the Warring States period, a farmer in the State of Wei found a piece of jade while hoeing, and took it home to ask his neighbor to identify it. The neighbor knew it was a precious stone and lied to him that it was not auspicious, let him put it back where it belonged, but he secretly took it home, fearing that he would be in trouble or be convicted, and offered it to the king of Wei. It was appraised as a priceless treasure, and the king of Wei rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and jewels when he was happy.

Priceless treasure: the treasure that cannot be valued. It refers to something extremely precious.

The Story of Qu Gao and Widows

During the Warring States period, King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu, a literary scholar, why so many people had opinions about Song Yu, and how come there were no people who agreed with him? Song Yu replied: there is a singer on the streets of Ying Du singing "down", "Ba Ren", many people sing along, singing "Yangchun", "Baixue", and the number of people who agree with it is less, which shows that "its song is higher, and its harmony is wider."

The song is high and the harmony is low: the tune is high and the number of people who can sing along is low. In the old days, it meant that it was hard to find a good friend. Now, it is a metaphor for the fact that there are very few people who can understand what is being said or written.

The Story of Swallowing Jujubes

Once upon a time, a clever man heard that eating pears was good for the teeth but hurt the spleen, while eating jujubes was just the opposite. He thought for a long time and finally came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, is to eat pears only chewing not swallowing, eat dates only swallowing not chewing, so that it will not hurt the teeth and injure the spleen, people laugh at him is gulping jujube.

Gulp: the whole. Swallow the whole date, do not chew, do not recognize the taste. It is a metaphor for not analyzing and thinking about things.

The story of Butcher's Cow

Zhuang Zhou, the representative of the Taoists in the Warring States period, told a story: there was a chef who slaughtered a cow for King Hui of Liang, and he was very skillful in slaughtering cows, and the knife moved flexibly through the cow's bones without any obstacles, and it was very rhythmic. King Hui of Liang was dumbfounded and praised him for his skill. The chef said that he had been unraveling the cow for 19 years, and knew the structure of the cow perfectly.

Butcher: cook; solve: dismember and divide. Metaphorically speaking, after repeated practice, mastered the objective law of things, do things at ease, use freely.

The story of bringing the dead back to life

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Bianqi, a magician of the State of Qi, passed through the State of Guo and heard that the crown prince of Guo had died suddenly, so he asked the magician about the symptoms of the crown prince of the middle son of the common people, and thought that the crown prince of Guo was only faking his death to be able to save him. With the consent of the king of Guo, he asked his disciple Zi Yang to sharpen the needles and stuck a few needles on the prince's acupoints, and the prince woke up in a short time, and then mediated with medicinal soup and medicine, and fully recovered after 20 days

Rise from the dead: to bring a dying person back to life. It is also used as a metaphor for saving something that has no hope.

The Story of Suffering from Gain and Loss

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius often discussed with his students about the problem of being a human being, and he said, "You can't be a colleague of a despicable, vulgar and lowly fellow, and when he doesn't have the power or the benefits, he is afraid of not getting them, so he tries to get them by all means. And when he gets it, he is afraid of losing it. People like this are all profit-minded, everywhere for personal intentions, what bad things can be done.

The problem: worry, worry. I'm worried about not getting it, and I'm worried about losing it. It describes a person who is very concerned about personal gain or loss.

The Story of Mediocre People's Self-Interference

Lu Xiangxian, the governor of Pozhou in the Tang Dynasty, was very tolerant of his subordinates, and criticized and educated the officials who had made mistakes, which made many people think that he was encouraging them to make mistakes. Once an official made a mistake, Lu Xiangxian criticized him, the secretary said to corporal punishment, Lu Xiangxian opposed. The secretary retreated and said, "There is nothing in the world, the mediocre people disturbed and annoyed ears."

Self-disturbance: looking for trouble. It refers to the fact that there is nothing wrong with the world, but the people themselves are looking for trouble.

The story of food handed out in contempt

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a serious famine in Qi, and many people were starved to death alive, the nobleman Qian Ao wanted to show some kindness, he set out food on the main road, ready to give alms to the hungry crowd, when a refugee passed by, he arrogantly drank: "Hey, come and eat! " Who knew that the hungry man said he would rather starve to death than eat this contemptuous food.

Contempt: a handout with an insult.

The Story of the Idiot

Once upon a time, a foreign monk went to a Chinese temple to burn incense, and the young monk of the temple asked him what his surname was and what country he came from, and the foreign monk, not understanding his words, followed by saying what his surname was and what country he was from. The foreign monk did not understand what he said and followed him by saying that he was from the country of Ho. The young monk reported to the abbot that there was a monk named Ho from the country of Ho outside. All the monks have come out to see the fun, making everyone laugh and cry.

Idiocy: foolishness. The original refers to the fools dream words and fools believe in the truth. It is a metaphor for talking nonsense by virtue of absurd imagination.

Seinfeld's story

During the Warring States period, there was an old man named Sei Weng. He kept many horses, and one day one of the herd suddenly wandered off. When the neighbors heard about this, they all came to comfort him that he need not be too anxious, and that he was old enough to pay more attention to his health. Seeing someone to console, Sehwong smiled and said, "Losing a horse is not a big loss, and it may even bring blessings."

Neighbors heard the words of the Seyon, the heart felt funny. The loss of a horse was a bad thing, but he thought it might be a good thing, obviously just self-congratulation. But after a few days, the lost horse not only came home of its own accord, but also brought back a stallion.

When the neighbors heard that the horse had come back, they admired Seyon's foresight and congratulated him, saying, "You had the foresight to not only not lose the horse, but to bring back a good horse, which is a blessing."

Sei Weng heard the neighbor's congratulations, but instead of a little happy look, said worriedly: "In vain to get a good horse, is not necessarily a blessing, perhaps to cause any trouble."

Neighbors thought that his posturing is purely the cunning of the elderly. The heart is clearly happy, intentionally do not say it. Seyon had an only son who was very fond of riding horses. He found that the horse brought back to the look forward to the posture, body long hooves big, hissing loud and clear, fat tough steed, a look know is a good horse. He rode his horse every day, and was very pleased with himself.

One day, he was a little too happy, hit the horse galloped, a stumble, fell off the horse, broke his leg. The neighbors heard about it and came to offer their condolences.

Seyon said, "It's nothing, it's probably a blessing to have a broken leg and yet save your life." The neighbors thought he was talking nonsense again. They couldn't think of any blessing that would come from breaking his leg.

Soon after, the Hun soldiers invaded in force, and the youths were enlisted in the army; Seyon's son could not go to the army because he had broken his leg. All the young men who enlisted died in battle, but only Seyon's son saved his life.

The Story of the Frog at the Bottom of the Well

A frog lived in an abandoned well. One day, the frog ran into a big turtle from the sea at the edge of the well. The frog bragged to the turtle, "Look, I am so happy to live here! Sometimes, when I am happy, I jump around the bar of the well for a while; when I am tired, I go back to the well and sleep by the brick hole. Or, leaving only my head and mouth, I will quietly soak my whole body in the water: or I will take a walk in the soft mud, which is also very comfortable. Look at all those shrimps, who can't get to me. Besides, I am the master of this well, and am very free in it; why don't you often come and enjoy it!" When the turtle heard what the frog said, he really wanted to go in and look around. But before he could get his whole left foot in, he tripped over his right foot. He quickly took two steps back and told the frog about the sea, saying, "Have you ever seen the sea? The vastness of the sea is more than a thousand miles; its `depth' is more than a thousand fathoms. In ancient times, there were nine years of great floods in ten years, and the water in the sea did not rise much; later, there were seven years of great floods in eight years, and the water in the sea did not get much shallower. This shows that the sea is not affected by droughts and floods. It is really happy to live in that kind of sea!" The well frog listened to the turtle's words, surprised to stay there, no more words to say.

The story of the sword in a boat

During the Warring States period, a man from Chu crossed the Yangtze River in a boat, and when the boat arrived at Jiangshan, he accidentally dropped his sword into the water, but failed to catch it in time, and then made a mark on the side of the boat at the place where he dropped the sword, and then went into the water at the place where he had just made the mark to touch his sword after the boat docked. The man was not able to catch the sword in time.

The metaphor is to look at things in a static way without understanding that they have evolved and changed.

The story of Yuju

During the Warring States period, the king of Qi loved to listen to Yuju, and Mr. Nanguo, who was lazy, found a way to get into the band, pretending to be an expert. Soon after the death of the old king, the new king likes to listen to blow yu solo, Mr. Nanguo this time the heart of the false, afraid that it will be exposed on the night to escape from the palace.

Abuse: misrepresentation, falsehood. The people who don't know how to play "yu" are mixed in the team of "yu" to make up the number. It is a metaphor for those who are not competent to pretend to be competent, and those who are not competent to pretend to be good.

The Story of Southern Regress

During the Warring States period, King An of Wei decided to attack Handan, the capital city of Zhao, and his ministers were against him, so Jiliang told him a story: a man from Taihang Mountain drove his car and prepared to go to Chu, but he insisted on going north, and in this way he went further and further away. Hegemony does not depend on fighting, but on winning the hearts of the people, and relying on fighting is like going north of the south. King Wei An decided not to fight.

南辕北辙：Want to go south but the car goes north. The metaphor is that the action and the purpose are exactly opposite.

The story of the bird with the bow

Once upon a time, a skilled archer, More Win, was talking about archery with the king of Wei, and it happened that a wild goose flew by from east to west, and More Win drew his bow to shoot it, but unfortunately, it was a false shot, and the wild goose fell to the ground with a sound. The king of Wei was puzzled, more win said: "this wounded geese away from the flock, flying low, heard the bowstring sound, scared and do not know how to do, a force wound rupture and fall to the ground."

A bird frightened by a bow and arrow is not easily stabilized. The metaphor is that people who have been frightened are very afraid when they come across the slightest movement.

Don't get it

Whenever Gong Ming Yi, an ancient musician, played the zither, the sound of his zither attracted many birds and butterflies. When he saw a buffalo grazing, he played a few tunes to the buffalo, but the buffalo walked away indifferently, and Gong Ming Yi sighed: "I don't know a thing about playing to a buffalo."

don't get it: you don't get it. It is used to sneer at people who speak without looking at the target.

You don't get it

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhi Bo, a nobleman of the state of Jin, destroyed the Fan clan. Someone took the opportunity to run to Fan's house to steal something, and saw a big bell hanging in the yard. The bell was made of the finest bronze, and its shape and pattern were exquisite. The thief was so happy that he wanted to carry the bell back to his house. But the bell was so big and heavy that he could not move it. He thought about it, there is only one way, that is, the clock cracked, and then moved home separately.

The thief found a large hammer, desperately towards the clock, bam loud bang, he was shocked. The thief panicked, thinking this is bad, this kind of sound is not tantamount to tell people I am here to steal the clock? He was in a hurry, his body pounced on the bell, open arms to cover the sound of the bell, but the sound of the bell and how to cover it!

The more he heard, the more scared he was, and differently and freely drew back his hands to cover his ears. "Huh, the sound of the bell has become smaller, can not hear!" The thief was delighted, "Wonderful! Can't hear the bells if you can't stop covering your ears!" He immediately found two balls of cloth, stuffed the ears, thinking, now no one can hear the bell. So he let go and smashed the bells, one by one, and the sound of the bells carried loudly to a faraway place. When the people heard the sound of the bell, they flocked to the city and caught the thief.

The story is from "Lü Shi Chun Qiu Zhi Zhi Zhi" (吕氏春秋自知), in which the phrase "cover up the ears and steal the bell" is said to be "cover up the ears and steal the bell", which is a metaphor for stupid and self-deceiving cover-up behavior.

The story of Ye Gong, the Dragon

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Shen Zhuliang, the son of the vassal of the Ye land in the State of Chu, called himself Ye Gong, who was especially fond of dragons, and he had dragon motifs carved or embroidered on the beams of the house, the pillars, the doors, windows and all the furniture and even on the clothes. When the real dragon in the sky learned of this, it made a special trip to visit Lord Ye and poked its head in through the window. When Ye Gong saw the real dragon, he was so scared that he ran away.

Ye Gong: a nobleman of the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period, his name was Zigao, and he was sealed in Ye (the name of an ancient town, Ye County, Henan Province today). It is a metaphor for saying verbally that you love something, but in fact you don't really love it.

The story of Dong Shi's knitting brows

It is said that during the Spring and Autumn period, there was a girl named Xi Shi in Yue, who was very beautiful and pretty, and her every move was also very moving. He had the disease of heart pain, and when he was sick, he always pressed his hand on his chest and frowned tightly. Because people liked her, her sickly appearance was also charming and lovely in people's eyes. There was an ugly girl named Dong Shi in Xi Shi's neighboring village, who always tried to dress herself up. Once on the road to meet Xi Shi, see Xi Shi hand over her chest, frowning, looking exceptionally beautiful. She thought, "No wonder people say she is beautiful. If I also do this posture, I will surely become beautiful. So she imitated Xishi's sickly posture. As a result, when people saw her, they closed the door as if they had seen a ghost.

The Story of Qiyan

Once upon a time in the country of Qi, there was a man who was very timid and a bit neurotic, who would often think of some strange problems, which people would find inexplicable. One day, after dinner, he took a big fan, sat in front of the door to take a cool, and said to himself: "If one day, the sky falls, what should we do? Wouldn't we have no way to escape and be crushed to death alive, and wouldn't that be a great injustice?" From then on, he fretted and fretted over this question almost every day, and his friends, seeing him in a trance all day long and his face haggard, were very much worried for him; but when they knew the reason for this, they all ran to him and advised him, saying, "O man! Why do you bother yourself about this? How could the sky fall? Even if it does, it can't be solved by you worrying about it alone, just think about it!" However, no matter what people said, he didn't believe them and still worried about this unnecessary problem from time to time. Later, according to the above story, the idiom of "worrying about the sky," whose main meaning is to remind people not to worry about some impractical things, has the same meaning as "mediocre people worrying about themselves".

The Story of Fox False Tiger Wei

During the Warring States period, when the state of Chu was at its strongest, King Xuan of Chu was surprised by the fact that all the countries in the north were afraid of his general, Zha Xi Shi. So he asked the ministers in the court why this was so.

At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi told him the following story:

"Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a certain cave, and because he was hungry, he ran outside to look for food. When he came to a thick forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. He thought that this was the opportunity of a lifetime, so he jumped over to the fox and tackled him without any difficulty.

But as he opened his mouth and was about to eat the fox in his stomach, the wily fox suddenly spoke: 'Hmph! You don't think you are the king of all beasts, so you dare to devour me; you should know that heaven and earth have ordered me to be the king of kings, and whoever eats me will be subject to the extremely severe sanctions and punishments of heaven and earth.' When the tiger heard the fox's words, it half believed them, but when it tilted its head and saw the fox's arrogant and calm look, it was shocked in its heart. The original arrogance and overbearing posture had disappeared for the most part at some point. In spite of this, he still thought in his heart: I am the king of all beasts, so any beast under the sky will be afraid of seeing me. And he, surprisingly, was ordered by the emperor of heaven to rule over us!

At this point, when the fox saw that the tiger hesitated to eat it, he knew that he had already believed a little bit of what he had said, so he puffed out his chest even more divinely, and then pointed to the tiger's nose and said: 'What, don't you believe in what I've said? Then you come with me now, walk behind me, and see if all the wild beasts are scared out of their wits and run away with their heads when they see me.' The tiger thought this was a good idea and did as he was told.

So the fox made a great show of opening the way in front of him, while the tiger followed cautiously behind. They didn't go far, but they could see that deep in the forest, many small animals were scrambling for food, but when they realized that the tiger was walking behind the fox, they were shocked, and ran wildly in all directions.

At this point, the fox was very proud to turn around and look at the tiger. The tiger witnessed this situation, and could not help but also have some fear, but he did not realize that the beasts are afraid of themselves, but thought they were really afraid of the fox!

The cunning fox is successful, but his power is completely because of the fake tiger, to level a favorable situation to threaten the beasts and the poor tiger was fooled, they do not know it!

Therefore, the reason why the people in the north are afraid of Zhaoshi Xie is because the king's army is in his hands, which means that they are afraid of the king's power!

After reading: From the above story, we can know that anyone who oppresses others by the power of authority, or makes use of the power of his position to do good, can be described as a "fox pretending to be a tiger".

The story of the donkey

Once upon a time, there were no donkeys in Guizhou, and a good man from the north transported a donkey to the foot of the mountain to graze, and the tiger on the mountain found the monster, and began to only look from afar, and then slowly approached the donkey, was the donkey screamed and scared, and then finally realized that the donkey can only kick with its hooves, and no longer have any other ability to jump up and eat. There is no other ability to jump up and have a full meal.

Qian: the area of present-day Guizhou Province; skill: skill; poor: exhaustion. The metaphor is that the limited skills have been used up.

The Story of Buying a Casket of Pearls

Legend has it that there was a jeweler from Chu who went to Zheng to sell pearls, and in order to attract customers, he made a very beautiful box made of precious wood, which was inlaid with precious stones and emeralds, making it look very luxurious. A Zheng buyer holding the pearl box will be bought at a high price, open the box to take out the pearls back to the businessman in Chu.

Casket: wooden box; pearl: pearl. The buyer bought the wooden box and returned the pearls. The metaphor is that there is no eyesight, and the choice is improper.

The story of "painting a cake to satisfy hunger"

Cao Cao's grandson, Cao Rui, when he became the emperor, he was eager to find a "Chinese scholar", and asked his minister, Lu Yux, to recommend someone with real ability, and warned him that he could not recommend talents only on the basis of reputation, which is like a cake painted on the ground, and can not be eaten when hungry. When you are hungry, you can't eat it. Lu Yu after careful selection for Cao Rui selected the center of the book.

Draw a cake to satisfy hunger: draw a cake to relieve hunger. It is a metaphor for comforting oneself with empty thoughts.

Irredeemable Story

In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a minister named Fan Bo. He was not only talented in poetry, but also good at ruling the country. Later on, he worked for King Li of the Zhou Dynasty and assisted him in the government. However, King Li was very domineering, and he was not able to take the law into his own hands. He was also a good advisor to the king's ministers, who tried to please him. While Fan Bo advised the king of the Zhou Dynasty to list the faults of the government, the treacherous ministers whispered bad words about him in the ear of the king. King Li of Zhou became very tired of Fan Bo, and from then on, the treacherous ministers came in and out of the court, not taking Fan Bo into account. Fan Bo was so indignant that he wrote a poem which was later included in the Book of Songs. In the poem, he attacked the treacherous ministers, saying, "Doing evil, irredeemable!"

"Incorrigible": so sick that it cannot be saved by medicine. Later, the metaphor is that things are so bad that they cannot be saved.

The Story of Pulling Up Seedlings

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer in the state of Song, who always thought that the crops in his field grew too slowly, and when he went to take a look at them today, and tomorrow, he felt that the seedlings seemed to have never grown taller. He thought to himself: what can we do to make them grow taller and faster?

One day, he came to the field and pulled the seedlings up one by one. A large area of seedlings, one by one to pull really took a lot of effort, and when he finished pulling seedlings, has been exhausted, but he was very happy in his heart. 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 had died

The Story of the Axe Stolen by a Suspicious Neighbor

Once upon a time, there was a man in the countryside who lost an axe. He thought that his neighbor's son had stolen it, so he paid attention to the man's every word and every move, and the more he looked, 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 the neighbor's son, and then pay attention to look at him, how not like a thief.

Suspecting the neighbor to steal the axe: not focusing on the factual basis, to people and things wildly suspicious.