Ten Complete Works of Classic Idioms

# Ability Training # Introduction Idioms are historical accumulation, and there is a far-reaching story behind every idiom. The following are ten classic idiom stories shared by KaoNet. Welcome to read the reference!

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Complex and confusing

There was a family named Hua in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and his father's name was Hua Arc. Hua Hu has a daughter named Mulan. Since she was a child, she likes to dance with guns and sticks, and her martial arts are very high.

At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty often fought wars with foreigners, and the court ordered conscription. Mulan's father is old and her brother is young, so Mulan wants to dress up as a woman and join the army instead of her father. She put on her father's armor and went to see him majestically to show her determination. Dad Hua was very moved, but he was not at ease. So Mulan asked to compete with her father. If she won, she could join the army. Huahu has always refused to accept the old age and agreed. Father and daughter are fighting swords in the garden. After all, Hua Hu was old and weak, and finally failed, so he had to agree to Mulan to join the army instead of him.

Mulan's martial arts are strong, clever and brave, and she has won many battles and made great contributions. Twelve years of war, but no one knows that she is a woman. The enemy finally surrendered, and Mulan triumphed and put on women's clothes. Comrades exclaimed: "We have been together for more than ten years, and we didn't know you were a woman!" "

Mulan caught a pair of male and female rabbits, and then smiled and said, "The male rabbit's feet are messy and the female rabbit's eyes are blurred. When two rabbits walk together, Ann can tell whether I am a male or a female. " It means that I dress up as a man, just like a rabbit walking on the ground, and I can't tell whether I am male or female.

Later, people used "confusion" as an idiom, which means that things are vague and complicated, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Flapping, fluttering and moving; Blurred, eyes half closed.

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Keep talking and laughing as if nothing had happened-keep calm, especially when facing danger.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao fought a great war with Sun Quan and Liu Bei in Chibi (now chibi city, Hubei Province), and Cao Cao was defeated. Sun and Liu joined forces to pursue their victory, and chased them all the way to Nanjun (now jiangling county, Hubei). Coss, the general of Wei who was stationed in Nan County, defeated Wu Jun's vanguard troops earlier and earlier.

Zhou Yu, the viceroy of Sun Quan, was furious and prepared to fight Coss. Dongwu star Gan Ning came forward to dissuade him, thinking that Nanjun and Yiling (now Yichang City, Hubei Province) were in a dilemma with each other (J? ) Angle, should first attack Yiling, then attack the south county. Zhou Yu accepted his suggestion and ordered him to lead the troops to capture Yiling. Gan Ning was advancing his army as Yiling at the gates, and fought fiercely with Wei Jun Shoujiang Cao Hong. Cao Hong failed, and Gan Ning ordered his men to seize Yiling quickly. At that time, his troops were few, only a few hundred people; Recruited immediately after entering the city, but only a thousand people. At dusk that day, Wei General Coss stationed in Nanjun sent Cao Chun and Jin Niu to meet Cao Hong, and * * * gathered more than 5,000 people to surround Yiling City. Cao Jun set up a ladder to attack the city and was repelled by the defenders of Gan Ning.

The next day, Cao Jun built a tall building and then shot arrows at the city from it. Arrows rained down, killing and injuring many soldiers in Ganning. The soldiers in the city are all trembling, but the coach Gan Ning is as calm as ever, and the conversation smile is very natural. (The original text is: "The whole city is afraid, but Ning is smiling." ) He ordered people to collect tens of thousands of arrows from Jun, select excellent shooters and shoot them at Wei Jun. Because Gan Ning led the army to calmly and tenaciously stick to Yiling, Cao Jun has been unable to break through.

Later, people used "talking and laughing" to mean to treat what happened calmly, talking and laughing and not changing the normal state. Cool as usual.

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Tie your hair to the beam and poke your thigh with an awl to stay awake ―― study hard/diligently.

During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Su Qin, who was also a famous politician. When I was young, because of the lack of knowledge, I went to many places to do things and was not taken seriously. After returning home, his family was also very cold and looked down on him. This is a great stimulus to him. So, he made up his mind to study hard. He often studies late into the night, is very tired, often takes a nap and wants to sleep. He also figured out a way to prepare an awl. Once he dozed off, he stabbed himself in the thigh with the awl. In this way, I suddenly felt pain, woke up by myself, and then insisted on reading. This made the story of Su Qin's "thorn".

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, who was a politician. When he was young, he was eager to learn. He often closed the door and kept reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I am tired, but I still don't rest. After a long time, I was too tired to doze off. Afraid of affecting his study, he came up with a special method. In ancient times, men had long hair. He found a rope and tied it firmly to the beam. When he is tired of reading, he dozes off. When his head is lowered, the rope will hold his hair and hurt his scalp, wake up immediately and continue to study.

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Exhausted one's literary talent

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a writer named Jiang Yan in Kaocheng, Henan Province.

Jiang Yan lost her father at an early age and lived alone with her mother. In such a difficult environment, Jiang Yan studied very hard. He was able to write good poems when he was young and became a famous writer at that time. People call him Jiang Lang.

Soon he was reused by the imperial court and became a senior official. However, the superior living conditions made Jiang Yan unwilling to study hard, and he became more and more divorced from the life of the lower class. So in my later years, the article not only failed to write better, but became more and more retrogressive. There are many legends about this.

Some people say that once Jiang Yan went out by boat, in the river next to zenrinji, when he was sleeping at night, he dreamed that a man who claimed to be Zhang Jingyang asked him for a piece of silk he had borrowed in the past. Jiang Yan took a few feet of silk from his arms and returned it to him. Since then, the level of Jiang Yan's articles has been greatly reduced.

He also said that one day Jiang Yan slept in the pavilion and had a dream. In the dream, a man named Guo Pu said to him, I have a five-color pen with you for many years, and now it's time to return it to me. Jiang Yan touched his arm. Sure enough, he took out a five-color pen and returned it to Guo Pu. Since then, Jiang Yan has never written a wonderful article.

So people say that Jiang Lang's talents have run out. People then summed up this story as "Jiang Lang was at his wit's end".

Later, people used Jiang Lang's idiom to describe someone's talent decline or skill exhaustion.

Jiang refers to Jiang Yan, and Lang is a good name for men in ancient times, meaning intelligent and ethereal.

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carefully

In the Song Dynasty, there was a learned man named Jia Huangzhong, who had been studying with his father since he was five years old.

Due to his father's strict requirements, Jia Huangzhong was admitted to Jinshi at the age of fifteen and became a school bookkeeper. Jia Huangzhong is an honest and clean official. He was punctual in Xuanzhou, and one year there was a famine and many people starved to death. Jia Huangzhong cooked with his own rice and saved thousands of people. When he was working in Jinling, he found dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures hidden in the vault, which were priceless. He immediately cleaned them up and reported them to the court.

Song Dazong was very excited and praised him, saying that if he was dishonest, these treasures of the previous dynasty would be gone; In addition, Jia Huangzhong's mother was specially summoned to praise her adopted son for his meritorious service, which can be compared with Mencius' mother.

Jia Huangzhong, on the other hand, is too serious and cautious to make decisive decisions when encountering major events. Later, he was sent to work in other places. When bidding farewell to Emperor Taizong, Emperor Taizong warned him: "Both the monarch and the minister should be humble and cautious. If you go too far, you will lose your status as a minister." When Jia Huangzhong died, his family was poor. The emperor gave his old mother 300,000 yuan and 320 taels of silver in recognition of his incorruptible and selfless way of being an official and his mother's good upbringing.

This idiom comes from The Book of Songs? Daya？ Daming described the move as very cautious and did not dare to neglect it.

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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, was defeated. Someone took the opportunity to steal from Fan's house and saw a big clock hanging in the yard. This clock is made of exquisite bronze with exquisite shapes and patterns. The thief was very happy. He wanted to take this beautiful clock home. But this clock is big and heavy, so it cannot be moved. There is only one way he can think of, and that is to break the clock and move home separately.

The thief found a big hammer and threw it at the clock desperately. There was a loud bang, which startled him. The thief panicked and thought, this is bad. Isn't this noise equivalent to telling people that I stole the clock here? In desperation, he jumped on the bell and tried to cover it with open arms, but how to cover it? The bell is still echoing in the distance.

The more he listened, the more afraid he became. He withdrew his hands freely and covered his ears hard. Hey, the bell is getting smaller and I can't hear it! The thief cheered, wonderful! You can't hear the bell if you can't cover your ears! He immediately found two cloth balls to plug his ears, thinking that no one could hear the bell. So I let go and hit the bell. When the bell rang, it spread loudly to far away places. People heard the bell rush in and caught the thief.

The story comes from Lv Chunqiu Self-knowledge, which is said to be a cover-up for stupidity and self-deception.

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A bird that flinches at the sight of a bow ―― a very frightened person.

During the Warring States Period, there was an outstanding archer named Geng Ying. His archery was unparalleled at that time.

One day, he stood side by side with Wang Wei, and suddenly a flock of geese flew in the sky.

Geng Ying confidently said to Wang Wei, "I can shoot birds with a bow."

Wang Wei is very skeptical.

There, a lonely goose flies very low and slowly. The sound is terrible. When Geng Ying saw it, he went straight into the night with a bow and chord and a bang. The lonely goose really fell to the ground.

Wang Wei wonder, don't understand what's going on.

Geng Ying explained, "The lone goose flies low and slowly, because it was injured by an arrow. Its chirping voice is sad, because it has left this group. The body was heartbroken, and suddenly the sound of bowstring made it beat faster and rushed up, but the injured wing was unable to rise, lost its balance and fell down. Just as people suddenly hear thunder while eating, it is just as natural and common for chopsticks to fall to the ground. "

According to the above story, later generations coined the idiom "Scared Birds" to describe people who have been frightened many times before, suddenly encountering the same terrible thing, scared out of their wits, panicked and didn't know how to cope with the new environment.

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Decorate yourself with borrowed feathers

One day, a tiger was wandering in the depths of the forest. Suddenly he found a fox and caught it quickly, thinking that he could enjoy lunch again today.

Foxes are cunning by nature. Knowing that the future would be bad after being caught by the tiger today, it made up a lie and said to the tiger, "I was sent by the Emperor of Heaven to be a beast in the mountains. If you eat me, God will not forgive you. "

The tiger doubted the fox's words and asked, "What proof do you have that you are a beast?" The fox said at once, "If you don't believe me, you can walk with me in the mountains.". I want to show you the fear of all animals with my own eyes. "

The tiger thought it was also a road, so he let the fox lead the way, followed him and walked deep into the forest together.

Rabbits, goats, deer, black bears and other animals in the forest were scared out of their wits when they saw the tiger coming from a distance, and they fled for their lives.

Turning around, the fox proudly said to the tiger, "You should see it now, right?" All the wild animals in the forest, who dare not be afraid of me? "

The tiger didn't know that all animals were afraid of themselves, but believed the fox's lies. The fox not only escaped being eaten, but also shook down a peg or two in front of all the animals. We should learn to see through the tricks of those who are not cruel.

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Carve a mark on the side of the moving ship to show where someone's sword fell ―― take measures regardless of the change of environment.

A long time ago, there was a man on a boat with a sword. As soon as the boat came out, he suddenly heard a plop and his sword fell into the water.

What shall we do? He thought for a long time and finally came up with a way. He carved a mark on the boat with a knife and sat leisurely on the boat.

The rower was in a hurry and said to him, "Let me stop the boat. You jump down and pick up the sword! " "

But the man pointed to the boat and said, "Let's wait until we get to the other side. Anyway, I drew a line on the boat and the sword fell from here. Just look here! "

The rower said, "Your sword has fallen into the water. It won't follow the boat. How can you find it on the other side? "

The man didn't listen to the boatman and rowed the boat to the other side.

At this time, the man took off his clothes and jumped off the line he drew, but he fished for a long time and found nothing.

The sword fell into the river. Now that the ship has gone so far, he can't find the sword from the line on the ship.

Carving a boat for a sword is from this story. "Ship" is "ship" and "seeking" is "seeking". Some people refuse to change their initial intentions regardless of the change of time and place, so we can say that they are carving a boat for the sword.

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practice makes perfect

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a man named Chen Yaozi who was very good at archery. At that time, everyone knew that he was an archer who hit every shot, so everyone admired him. After getting everyone's praise, Chen Yaozi felt that his skill was a Chinese odyssey, so he became complacent.

One day, Chen Yaozi performed his stunt at the shooting range. An arrow broke a thin and soft willow branch. The audience cheered loudly and asked him to do it again. At this moment, an old man selling oil passed by. After reading it, he smiled and said, "What's the big deal? It's just that he has good skills! " Chen Yaozi was furious and shouted, "Old man, how dare you look at me?" The old man replied, "I dare not despise you." I just know what I have done well from decades of experience in pouring oil. zhēn I will find out the truth. " With that, he took a gourd from the oil shoulder, put a square hole copper coin on the mouth of the gourd, then made a spoonful of oil, held the oil spoon high and poured it into the gourd. The falling oil goes straight through the money hole and into the gourd like a thread. After the oil poured out, I picked up the copper coins for everyone to see. There is no oil stain around Qiandong, and everyone is amazed. The old man smiled and said to Chen Yaozi, "I am useless, but practice makes perfect." Hearing this, Chen Yaozi turned away without saying a word.

Later, people derived the idiom "Practice makes perfect" from this story to show that if you are familiar with what you are doing, you can find a better way to do it.