What other idioms are similar to the story of mantis catching cicada?

Zheng people want to buy shoes, first measure their feet and let them sit down. When they arrived in the city, they forgot to exercise. When they have shoes, they say, "I forgot my endurance!" " "Go back and get it. You go back, the market stops, and you can't. People say, "Why not try? Yue: "I would rather be reliable than confident." . "

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Zheng, the name of a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, was in Xinzheng County, Henan Province.

Footwear-silver road, leather shoes, all shoes.

Degree-sound capture, thinking, used here as a verb, which means calculation and measurement. The word "Du" and "Yin Du" at the back are used as nouns and are rulers.

One-synonymous with classical Chinese, here refers to the measured size.

Sit-shared seats are seats, which refer to chairs, stools and other furniture.

Fuck.-Take it, take it.

Just-just, the end, here refers to the market has been dissolved.

Nihility-nothingness, nothing, here is the meaning of can't, can't.

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This Zheng Guoren made a dogmatic mistake. He only believes in the size of his own feet, not his own. Not only did I make a big joke, but I couldn't even afford shoes. In real life, if he only believes in the size of his own feet and doesn't believe in his own feet, maybe this won't happen. But there are such people. Some people talk, do things and think only from books, not from reality. He believes what is written in the notebook, but he doesn't believe what is not written in the notebook. In this kind of person's view, only what is recorded in the notebook is the truth, and what is not recorded is not the truth. In this way, of course, thoughts will become rigid and actions will hit a wall.

An argument between two children.

When Confucius traveled eastward, he saw two children arguing and asked him why. One said, "When the sun rises, I am very close to people and far from Japan." One said, "When the sun rises, it is as big as a car cover, and when it reaches Japan, it is as big as a cylinder. Isn't it great for people far away and near? " Another child said, "The sun just came out to cool down, and it was as hot as putting your hand in hot water at noon. Isn't that why you feel hot when you are near and cool when you are far away?" ? "Confucius can't decide. The two children smiled and said, "Who is smarter than the tiger? "

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So, this is the meaning of rationality.

Go-leave, here refers to the distance from the sun to the earth.

Japan and China-the sun is above, which is noon.

Hood.-this is the hood. In ancient times, the hood of an animal car was shaped like an umbrella, which was used to keep out the sun and rain.

Jar-lingering sound, an ancient vessel with an opening for food and drink.

Pale-cold, making people feel chilly.

Exploring soup-soup is hot water. To explore soup is to put your hand into hot water and feel very hot.

Decision-decision, decision, is the meaning of judgment.

Who-The interrogative personal pronoun in classical Chinese means "who".

Know more-the meaning of being knowledgeable and knowledgeable.

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This story tells that people should avoid being subjective and one-sided, and learn to analyze problems objectively and comprehensively. Confucius was called a saint, a genius and a mentor, but he couldn't answer this question and had to be laughed at.

Excessive enthusiasm will spoil things.

Some people in the Song Dynasty felt sorry for their seedlings, but they came home and said, "I am sick today! Help the seedlings grow. " His son ran to see them, and the seedlings were dying.

There are few elders in the world who don't help the seedlings. Those who give up because they feel useless will not help the seedlings. Help the old and help the young. It is not beneficial, but harmful.

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Pity-the meaning of worry and worry.

Long-the meaning of growth and development.

"Pull" means "pull".

Very tired. Mangran, very tired.

Call and tell.

Tired of it.

Yu-a personal pronoun in classical Chinese, I mean.

Come on.-come on.

Not a believer.-not just.

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This fable vividly illustrates a truth from the opposite side: we can only do bad things with good intentions without proceeding from objective reality.

Pingman Longtu

Zhu Manxue learned to kill dragons. He stayed in a daughter's house for three years, but he didn't use his intelligence.

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Slaughter-Slaughter, slaughter livestock.

Run out, run out.

Home-the property of the family.

Skill-the skill of killing dragons.

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There is no such thing as a dragon in the world, but Zhu Shu insists on learning to kill dragons. The result can only be time-consuming and laborious, and what he has learned is useless. This shows the importance of applying what you have learned and integrating theory with practice.

to gild the lily

If there is a temple in Chu, give it to Scheeren. Scheeren said, "A few people don't drink enough, but one person can drink more. Please draw a snake and drink the first one. "

A snake came first, so he took out the wine and drank it. He held a swastika in his left hand and drew a snake in his right hand, saying, "I can do it!" " Before it was finished, a man's snake caught it and said, "One snake is not enough, is Zi An enough?" "Drink its wine. People who make snake feet will eventually die of its wine.

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Ancestral temple-Zhuyin words, ancestral temple, the place where ancestors, sages and martyrs were sacrificed in feudal society.

Sheren- subordinates, people who work under themselves.

Er-Yin Zhi, an ancient drinking vessel.

Solid-the original meaning, of course.

What do interrogative words in classical Chinese mean?

Death-does not exist, here is the meaning of losing and not getting.

Warring States Policy-the name of an ancient book in China. Originally, it was just some scattered materials, which recorded the political activities and words of counselors and lobbyists during the Warring States period in China. Liu Xiang compiled and revised these materials in the Western Han Dynasty, and compiled them into 33 volumes according to the twelve countries of Eastern Zhou, Western Zhou, Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Song, Wei and Zhongshan.

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This kind of gild the lily is not only proud, but also stupid and self-defeating, and the wine that reaches his mouth will be drunk by others. Not drinking alcohol is a trivial matter, but it will harm others and yourself. Some people always think that they are smarter than others, so they are subjective and arbitrary regardless of objective reality, which is harmful to the country, the people and themselves.

Decorate yourself with borrowed feathers

King Xuan Jing asked his minister, "I heard that the fear in the north is sympathetic. What is the truth? " The princes were right. Mr. and Mrs. Jiang said, "The tiger asks all the animals for food, and the fox gets it. The fox said,' I dare not eat me! Heaven and earth have made me grow many animals. Eating me today is against the emperor's orders. If I don't believe you, I will be the first, and then I will follow you. Are you afraid to leave after seeing the animals and seeing me? The tiger thought so and followed. The beast saw it and left. Tigers don't know that wild animals are afraid of themselves, but they think they are afraid of foxes. Today, the king's land is five thousand miles away, and there are one million pieces of armor, which are exclusive to Zhao Xi's shirts. Therefore, the fear of the north is also the shirt of Zhao Xi. In fact, he is afraid of the king's armor and the tiger. "

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Xuan Jing, King of Chu-Chu Xuanwang. He is the son of King Su of Chu, and his name is Fu Liang.

North-China is a small vassal state in the Central Plains.

T-shirt named Zhao Xi, a famous general of Chu at that time.

Wei is a clever man. He works in Chu State.

Sir, long clapping, the meaning of the leader.

Of course-that's it, (answer) the meaning of "right".

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The main meaning of this story is not to show the cleverness of the fox, but to expose its cunning. It is pointed out that in order to bully good people and do bad things, some bad people always find a force to be their backer, put up signs to hide, and make an example of them. Good people should see through this deception through appearances.

Luhou raises birds

In the past, seabirds stopped in the suburbs of Shandong Province. Duke Lu is an emperor. He indulges in the temple and plays Jiu Shao for fun. The meal is too thick.

The bird was so sad that it didn't dare to have a drink, and it didn't dare to have a drink. It died in three days.

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Yesterday-the past and the meaning of the past.

Royal-refers to Lv Hou personally say hello.

Toast verb. The meaning of toast.

Jiu Shao-the name of a kind of music in ancient Shun Dynasty.

Too fast-refers to the offerings made by pigs, cattle and sheep.

Guo-cut pieces of meat.

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Things in the world are varied and complicated; People should look at the object clearly and adopt different methods according to different objects in order to get the expected effect. Otherwise, it will inevitably lead to the ridiculous ending of raising birds in Luhou.

Pretend to love what you are actually afraid of.

Seeing Lu Weiguo's condolences, he did not burn incense for seven days. He left with his servant and said, "I heard that you are a good scholar, so I dare not rest to see you thousands of miles away." Within seven days, you didn't pay tribute, and your good scholar was as tall as Ye Gongzi. Ye Gongzi is a good dragon, with a hook to write scriptures and a chisel to write dragons. " Five colors have no owner. Ye Gong is not a good dragon. A good husband is like a dragon, not a dragon. Today, I heard about your good scholar, so I came all the way to see you. After seven days, you are not a good scholar, and a good husband is like a scholar rather than a scholar. The poem says:' If you hide in the center, when will you forget!' Dare to leave. "

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Yes, a student, surnamed Mingshi, was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhang Zi is his nickname.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Lu was named Ji and Jiang.

Scholar-a general term for intellectuals in feudal society.

She-Yueshe, the ancient unit of calculating distance, one house is equal to three miles.

The sound is frugal, which is the same as the word cocoon, that is, the hard skin growing on the soles of the feet, commonly known as calluses.

Write-this means drawing with a knife and pen.

Peeping-Peeping means visiting and peeping.

There are voices and windows.

Give-intentionally, extend, extend.

Poetry-The Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems in China, is divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode, with a total of 305 songs, most of which are folk songs. For the poems quoted here, see the wet mulberry in the "Xiaoya" part of The Book of Songs.

Dare-auxiliary word, meaning bold and sorry, used at the beginning of a sentence.

The New Preface to China Ancient Books, edited by Liu Xiang, a famous scholar and essayist in the Western Han Dynasty, tells many stories of ancient history.

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This story, with vivid metaphors, satirizes the characters of Ye Formula bitterly, and profoundly exposes their bad thoughts and style of singing high-profile and not being pragmatic. Through this story, we should abandon the bad idea and style of theory divorced from reality and establish a good idea and style of seeking truth from facts.

go back on one's word

In the Song Dynasty, public servants loved to be killed and raised in groups. If they can understand the meaning of being killed, they will win the hearts of the public. This will hurt their families and satisfy their desire to be killed. If they are in a hurry, they will limit their food to prevent the public from being defeated by themselves. First, they said, "If you are in harmony with Mao, you can change from morning till night, which is enough." I'm glad to hide.

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Sniper-Yinju, macaque, the name of a monkey.

Loss-loss means reduction.

Family-the original meaning is population, and here is the meaning of food at home.

Enrichment, here means satisfaction.

Russia-in an instant, it soon means that time is pressing.

Virtual-sound collapse, lack of meaning.

Tame-the meaning of seeking, taming and obeying.

Kuang-the meaning of madness, deception and deception.

If- personal pronouns in classical Chinese mean "you" and "you".

Xu Maoyin, acorn, a grain.

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The original intention of this story is to expose the fraud that has been made public, to warn people to pay attention to reality and to prevent being deceived by rhetoric. But later, the meaning of this story changed, and it was extended to willfulness, which was used to condemn those who often changed their minds and acted irresponsibly.

Look at the picture and find a good horse-follow the clue to find something

This idiom comes from the translation of forest to cut down mountains. Bole said in Xiang: "Sang, your hooves are like a tired song." His son carried Ma Jing to get a horse. When you meet a big toad, call him dad: "Getting a horse is similar, but the hooves are not as tired as Qu Er."

Sun Yang, a native of Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period, is said to be the most famous horse expert in ancient China. He can tell a horse at a glance. Because Bole is said to be the god in charge of horses in heaven, people call Sun Yang Bole.

It is said that Bole compiled his rich horse knowledge and experience into a book "Xiangma Jing". In the book, he wrote all kinds of characteristics of a swift horse and drew many illustrations for people to learn about horses.

Bole has a son with poor intelligence. He read his father's "Sweet Horse Sutra" and wanted to go out and find Maxima K? Blow the whistle? What's the matter with you? What are you holding? Yue Niu? What happened? Hey? Blow wood? Baby? Every word? Hey? Is it difficult to kill drought?

Not far away, he saw a big toad, quickly caught it and told his father, "I found a good horse, which is similar to what you said in your book" Xiangma Jing ",except that its hoof is not like a folded bar of wine!"

Bole looked at the big toad in his son's hand and couldn't help but be funny and angry. He said humorously: "This' horse' loves to jump and can't ride!"

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draw cakes to allay hunger

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a man named Lu Yu in the state of Wei. He became an orphan at the age of ten, and his two brothers died one after another. During the war, he worked hard to support his widowed wife and nephew, and his life was very difficult. His personality and knowledge are praised by people.

Later, Lu Yu became an official. He has been an official for more than three years and put forward many good suggestions. Wei Mingdi trusts him very much.

At that time, officials were generally recommended by people, but referees often only recommended famous people. Most of these celebrities only focus on nonsense, not reality, and flatter each other, so Wei Mingdi is very dissatisfied. When selecting Zhong Shulang, Wei Mingdi ordered: "This candidate should be recommended by Lu Yu. Choose people who don't just look at fame. Being famous is like drawing a cake on the ground, but you can't eat it! "

The idiom "painting cakes to satisfy hunger" came from this story. Nowadays, I often use this metaphor to comfort myself with fantasy, or to show that a false name is useless. There is also an idiom "looking at plums to quench thirst", which has a similar meaning.

Quench thirst by thinking of plum-masturbating with illusory hope

Liu Yiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "The Twenty-seventh Time in the World": "Wei Wu lost his way in the battle and the whole army was thirsty, so he said,' Once there was a great merlin, forgiving the son, and the sweet and sour could quench his thirst.' When the soldiers heard that their mouths were full of water, they took advantage of the situation to take the former source. "

Psychological principle of looking at plum to quench thirst

In other words, Cao Cao led his army to a place without water, and the soldiers were very thirsty. In order to boost morale, Cao Cao said to the soldiers, "There is a big Meilin not far ahead, with many plums, which are sweet and sour." Then we will have a good time. " Hearing this, the soldiers all drooled, not crying or thirsty, and accelerated their March.

In the film Shangganling, our lovely company commander also successfully performed a modern version of "Looking at Plums to Quench Thirst". There is such a plot in the film: in the crisis of serious water shortage in the tunnel, the company commander told the soldiers a story of "plum", which attracted the soldiers to swallow their mouths one by one?

In fact, the allusion of looking at plum to quench thirst is about a very interesting and common psychological phenomenon-synaesthesia. Synaesthesia refers to the psychological activity that one feeling causes another feeling. Specifically, the allusion of looking at plum to quench thirst is caused by listening. In addition to hearing synaesthesia, we also have this experience in our daily life: seeing red, orange and yellow will produce a warm feeling, while seeing blue.

The most common is color-hearing synaesthesia, that is, hearing a sound will cause the perception of a color, usually bass will cause the color to darken, and treble will cause the color to lighten. Psychologist H. S. Langfeld once did an experiment on color perception-auditory synesthesia, and the results showed that different notes would cause different color perception, but for the same person, the relationship between tone and color was quite stable. Some people still keep C and red after 7 years.

It is precisely because of the universal existence of synaesthesia that people apply this psychological principle to daily life, especially in modern advertisements.

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Stealing a clock to plug your ears-deceiving yourself.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhi Bo, a nobleman of the State of Jin, eliminated Fan. Someone took the opportunity to steal from Fan's house and saw a big clock hanging in the yard.

This clock is made of fine bronze, and its shape and pattern are exquisite. The thief is happy.

Great, I want to take this beautiful clock home. But it is big and heavy.

He can't move it He thought about it, and there was only one way, and that was to break the clock.

And then move home separately.

The thief found a sledgehammer and slammed it at the clock.

I was shocked. The thief panicked and thought it was not good. Isn't this noise for stealing, throwing jokes and apologizing? What's the point? Do you suffer from insurance?

Suddenly I jumped on the bell and tried to cover it with open arms, but how could the bell be covered? The bell is still echoing in the distance.

The more he listened, the more afraid he became. He involuntarily withdrew his hands and tried to cover his ears. "Hey, the bell is getting smaller and I can't hear it!" Thief height

Get up, "wonderful! Cover your ears and you won't hear the bell! " He immediately found two cloth balls, plugged his ears, and thought, this is it.

No one can hear the bell. So they let go and hit it. Once it rings, it travels far away loudly. People heard the bells chime.

Even caught the thief.

The story comes from Lu Chunqiu's Self-knowledge and is described as covering up stupidity and self-deception.

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This fable vividly illustrates a truth from the opposite side: we can only do bad things with good intentions without proceeding from objective reality.

Work as skillfully as a skilled butcher cuts the carcass of a cow-do sth very skillfully/professionally.

An expert who knows cows was later used by Zhuangzi to describe the fable of keeping in good health.

Actually, it comes from Zhuangzi, which is a word coined by Zhuangzi for "being good at understanding cows".

On this day, my master was invited to Wen Jia to slaughter a beef cattle for him. I saw him pressing the cow with his hand, leaning against the cow with his shoulder, stepping on the cow with his foot and leaning against the cow with his knee. His movements are extremely skillful and comfortable. When he stabbed the butcher knife at the cow, the sound of peeling meat and bones matched my movements when I lifted the knife, which seemed so harmonious and consistent.

Wen, who stood by, was shocked. He couldn't help exclaiming loudly, "Oh, it's amazing! How can your skill in slaughtering cattle be so superb? "

My technical worker put down his butcher knife and said to Wen, "I prefer to explore the laws of things because it is better than ordinary technical skills." When I first learned to kill cattle, I didn't know the body structure of cattle, so what I saw in front of me was nothing more than a huge cow. After three years of experience in slaughtering cattle, I fully understand the structure of cattle. When I looked at the cow again, I appeared in front of me. " Now that I have slaughtered many cows, I just need to feel them with my heart, not with my eyes. I know where to cut cattle and where not. According to the natural structure of cattle, I can skillfully pierce the knife directly into the gap between its bones and muscles, and use these gaps to make the butcher knife not be damaged at all. Since I can't even touch the flesh and blood, how much more big bones? A skilled chef, because he cuts meat with a knife, usually changes a knife every year; And more chefs cut bones with knives, so they have to change a knife every month. My knife has been used for 19 years, killing more than a thousand cows, but the blade is still as sharp as it was just sharpened on a grindstone. Why? Because there are cracks in the joints of cattle, and the blade is very thin, I put the thin blade into the cracks in the bones of cattle, which is naturally obvious.

I feel very comfortable. Therefore, my knife has been used for 19 years, and it still looks like a new knife that has just been ground. Nevertheless, whenever I meet a place where bones and muscles are intertwined, I often feel that I can't start. At this time, I should be especially vigilant, keep my eyes open, slow down and use less force. When I find the key part, I can cut the cow open with one knife and spread it on the ground like dirt. I'll be careful after killing the cow.

Wen Huijun listened to my words and nodded again and again, as if he realized something: "Well, after listening to your good words, I learned a lot about cultivation!" "

This story tells people that everything in the world has its inherent regularity. As long as you practice with your heart and keep exploring, over time, practice makes perfect, and things will be done beautifully.

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"Zhuangzi Waipian Qiushui": "I don't know what's the matter with my husband? The tortoise in the East China Sea said, "I am very happy! Out of the jumping beam, on the shaft, into the rest of the cliff; If you go to the water, you will hold your arms, and the mud is not enough to destroy; If you fight with others, it won't work! What's more, my husband is birds of a feather, but he is happy to cross the well. Does Mr Xi visit occasionally? "The turtle in the East China Sea has not entered his left foot and his right knee has been broken, so he wandered around and told the sea," It is not enough to lift it thousands of miles away; A kilometer is not enough to be extremely deep. At the age of ten and nine, water benefits; There were seven droughts in eight years, and the cliff did not increase the loss. My husband didn't persist for a long time, and he didn't advance and retreat many times. This is also a great pleasure in the East China Sea. "

Tang Hanyu said in the original way, "Sit by the well and watch the sky, saying that it is not small."

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In "Zhuangzi Autumn Water", Zhuangzi told such a story:

In an abandoned well, there lived a frog. One day, the frog met a big turtle from the East China Sea by the well. The frog proudly boasted to the tortoise, "Look, how comfortable I am living here! If I want to be happy, I will jump and play by the well. When I am tired, I will rest in the cave by the well. Sometimes I will soak comfortably in the water, and sometimes I will walk happily in the mud. Look at those insects, crabs and tadpoles around me, who can compete with me! How free I am to occupy this abandoned well by myself! Why doesn't Mr. Wang often go to the well to watch and play? "

After listening to the frog, the tortoise wants to look in the well. However, before his left foot was fully inserted, his right foot tripped over the well site. He had to take a step back and tell the frog about the sea he saw: "Have you ever seen the sea? The vastness of the sea, more than a thousand miles; The ocean is over 1000 feet deep. There were floods in nine of the ten years in ancient times, but the sea water did not increase. There were seven years of drought in eight years, but the sea did not decrease. The sea is not affected by drought and flood, and living in the vast sea is the real happiness. "

Han Yu, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in The Original Road: "It is not small to sit on a well and watch the sky." This means that when you sit in a well and look at the sky, you will feel that the sky is very small. In fact, it is not because the sky is too small, but because people who look at the sky are standing low and their eyes are too narrow.

From these two articles, there are two idioms with similar meanings-"Frog in the well" and "Watching the sky from the well". Frog in the well is used to satirize those who are narrow-minded and short-sighted, but they are blind and arrogant, do not accept new things and do not understand the overall situation. "Looking at the sky on the well" describes narrow vision and limited vision. Enter your answers, and every professional answer will shape your authoritative image.