Words describing two-character stories

1. Being cheated is often called being cheated. In fact, the original meaning of "being fooled" refers to pawning things in pawn shops. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a large family in Qinghe, whose surname was Wang, who ran a pawnshop for generations. His family had a big business and his business was booming. When life became rich, the people in each room began to be lazy to run, so they deposited their funds in the pawnshop as shareholders, and handed over all the daily pawn business affairs to a young man named Shou Zhu. Shou Zhu loves reading and proofreading books, but he is not proficient in business. He is very casual in handling pawn business. When the Wangs saw this, they all thought it was an opportunity, and they all took some things from their own homes to pawn them at the pawnshop. Everyone estimated the price higher than the item itself, and asked the man to pay it in full. The man did not dare to offend the shareholder boss, and Shou Zhu was absent-minded and did not stop him. In this way, within two months, the pawn capital was almost defrauded, and a well-funded pawn shop went bankrupt. "Being cheated" originally refers to pawning things in pawn shops, but later people call being cheated "being cheated". 2. The "road" of the road is paved with gravel, and the center of the road is slightly higher and smooth, which is beneficial for rainwater to flow to the roadside and does not affect traffic. Later, people spread asphalt on it, calling it "asphalt road". But most people are still used to calling it "road". Since the "road" is not a "road for horses", how did the name come from? It turned out that in the mid-18th century, the industrial revolution took place in Britain, and the development of industry urgently needed to improve the transportation situation at that time, especially the land transportation. To this end, Scottish John Macadan invented and designed the "road" mentioned above. Because of the appearance of "road", Britain not only has smooth waterways but also convenient land, which provides convenient conditions for the rapid development of British industry and trade. People take the surname of the designer of this road and call it "road" to commemorate it. 3. What does the word "scholarly family" mean? Many people are not sure. In fact, it turned out that in order to prevent the moth from biting books, the ancients placed a kind of rue herb in the books. This kind of grass has a fragrant smell, and the book with this grass smells fragrant after opening, so it is called "book fragrance". Rue Vanilla, also known as Yuncao, is a perennial herb, which is produced in the west of China and has a special aroma. It can be used as medicine and has a spicy and cold feeling when chewed. Because the ancients often put this kind of grass in books to avoid moths and insects, except that "Yunren" refers to farmers and "Yunyun" refers to many, the words related to the word "Yunyun" are mostly related to books. For example, "Yunbian" refers to books, "Yunzhang" refers to books, "Yunge" refers to the pavilion of books, "Yunju" refers to the room of books, and "Ruxiangli" refers to the school bookkeeper. 4. Things We often refer to all objects as "things". But why is it called "East and West" instead of "North and South"? Originally, in ancient China, wood, fire, gold, water and earth were called "five elements" (representing five directions of east, west, south, north and middle respectively), while A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui were called "heavenly stems", and the "five elements" and "heavenly stems" were also corresponding. As can be seen from the above, Oriental belongs to wood, representing all plants, such as flowers, trees, vegetables, crops, etc. Western belongs to gold, representing all metal minerals, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and so on; The south belongs to fire, and fire is a chemical phenomenon; The north belongs to water, while China belongs to soil. Because water, soil and fire are the most common substances or phenomena, they were ignored by the ancients. And wood (plants) and gold (metal minerals) are most valued by people and can represent all useful substances. Therefore, people connect the two directions representing "wood" and "gold" to form a word-"thing", which represents all the objects in the world. 5. Everyone knows the meaning of the word "fiction". Open the dictionary and look it up. Note: There is no basis for fabrication. However, there is an anecdote about the origin of the word fabrication, which few people know. In ancient times, there was a man named Du Mo who liked to write poems. However, his poems are empty, irrelevant and devoid of true feelings. Moreover, his poems don't talk about rhythm. Some people say that what he writes is neither poetry nor prose, which is really neither fish nor fowl. Therefore, whenever people see an unseemly poem, they blurt out, "This was written by Dumo." Later, this sentence was gradually simplified to "fabrication". Later, "fabrication" was extended to mean untrue and unfounded fabrication. 6. Calendar calendars are used more and more in modern families. However, few people know that calendars have evolved from ancient debt collection books. In ancient Rome, there were a group of people who specialized in usury, and they charged interest from borrowers on a monthly basis. In order to prevent mistakes, they often use a special notebook, which is arranged by month and date. When, when and how much debt should be paid and how much interest should be collected, they are all recorded in the notebook, with a note column, which can be seen at a glance. Later, this simple method was gradually used for reference by other industries and became popular as a memo. Mo Zaoquan, the second Chinese comprador of Taikoo Foreign Firm, a famous British businessman in Hong Kong, built a sugar factory after taking office. In 1884, he launched a poster-like "month card" to promote the products of Swire Sugar Factory. Mo Zaoquan specially hired designer Guan Huinong to design the pictures, the contents of which are mostly flowers, auspicious figures, blessings, lucks, longevity, happiness, ancient heavenly god blesses the people in China, greeting the blessings in the Spring Festival and pictures of ladies. Anyone who buys Taikoo Sugar will be given a frame of "Month Card". Later, many manufacturers competed to print free "month cards" and constantly improved their forms. With the passage of time, some people set the monthly calendars together, one for each year, and the "debt collection book" and "month card" gradually evolved into today's calendars. 7. Excuse me During the Warring States Period, there was a minister in the State of Qin named Gan Mao, who was framed by a traitor and had to flee to Qi. When Gan Mao escaped from Hangu Pass, the border of Qin State, he happened to meet Su Qin, a famous strategist at that time. Su Qin asked Gan Mao where he was going, but Gan Mao didn't answer directly. Instead, he told him a story of "borrowing light": It is said that there are many families living by a river. Every night, the girls of each family get together with oil for lighting, pour the oil into a headlight and do needlework together under the lamp. And one girl's family is poor and can't afford lamp oil, so other girls hate her and are going to drive her away. The girl from the poor family said to everyone, "I really can't bring lamp oil, but if I come here early every day and I leave late when everyone goes home to clean the house for everyone, do you still care about the little corner that shines on the surrounding walls?" Lend me some light, and I will sew with you, and it won't hinder you. " Everyone thought what she said was reasonable, so they left her behind. Su Qin understood Gan Mao's meaning after listening to this story. So they both went to Qi, and Su Qin tried to recommend Gan Mao to the King of Qi, so the King of Qi worshipped him as Shangqing. Now, we often hear the word "excuse me", which comes from this story. 8. Bad luck The word "bad luck" is originally a dialect in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which means that things are not smooth or bad luck. This language has not been produced for a long time, about the end of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, because the imperial examination system of "stereotyped writing for selecting scholars" seriously restricted the display of the intelligence of the broad masses of intellectuals, and the wind of cheating in the examination room was very strong, it was extremely difficult for ordinary scholars to win the exam. In order to get lucky, the lifters usually set up a flagpole in front of their house before the exam, which is called "lintel" by the locals. If you pass the exam, the flagpole will shine on the tree. If you fail, you will remove the flagpole, which is called "bad luck". Later, this word has been used by more and more people in spoken and written language until now. It is worth mentioning that in the process of using this word, people often write these two words as "inverted eyebrows" or "unlucky", which is of course because they don't know its source. 9. Old man The word "old man" is often used as a nickname for his wife's old husband. This word comes from the Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty. Ji Yun, the word Xiaolan. In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong revised Sikuquanshu and appointed Ji Yun as the chief editor of Sikuquanshu Museum. One day in midsummer, Ji Yun couldn't stand the heat and summer because of his fat body, so he simply put up his braids, took off his coat and sat by a few sides to proofread the manuscript. As luck would have it, when Emperor Qianlong paced into the pavilion, it was too late for Ji Yun to dress, so he got into the case and wrapped himself in a curtain. After a while, Ji Yun thought that Emperor Qianlong had left, so he asked the people in the museum, "Has the old man left?" The words sound just fell and I found Emperor Qianlong sitting beside him! This sentence happened to be heard by Emperor Qianlong. At this moment, Qianlong angrily asked Ji Yun: "What is the explanation of the word' old man'?" Everyone was scared and sweated for him. Who knows, he calmly replied: "longevity is called old age, indomitable spirit is called head, and parents' heaven and earth are also called sons of heaven, which is called' old man' for short." After listening to his explanation, Emperor Qianlong turned his anger into joy: "Your mouth can really say, and I will forgive you." Since then, the title "old man" has spread. Not only do I call you a gentleman, a young man, a wife and a husband, but even my subordinates are commensurate with their superiors. 1. Two-faced "two-faced" mostly refers to people who are good at disguise. How did this word come from? According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Army and Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels launched a tug-of-war on the north bank of the Yellow River. People are miserable. Anyone who comes should be welcomed. Red, green and welcome slogans should be posted on the door panels, and people come and change quickly. People in Huaiqing Prefecture in northern Henan live frugally, so they came up with a solution once and for all. With a thin piece of wood, on the one hand, it says "protect the environment and protect the people" and on the other hand, it says "expel the Tatars and restore China" Once, Chang Yuchun, the general of Zhu Yuanzhang, led his troops to Huaiqing Mansion, and he was happy to see the colorful're signs at the door of every house full of welcome slogans. But suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the' re was overturned, and the opposite side was full of slogans welcoming the Yuan Army. So, Chang Yuchun ordered that anyone who hangs two cards will be beheaded with a door. After a massacre, the population of Huaiqing Prefecture was greatly reduced. The "two-faced" that is often said now evolved from the "two-faced card" of Huaiqing House. 11. When Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, his family was very poor. In order to make a living, he not only spared cattle and sheep to the rich man, but also worked as a monk in the temple. Later, he joined the army of Guo Zixing, a rebel in the late Yuan Dynasty. Because he fought bravely and repeatedly made meritorious deeds, Guo Zixing appreciated him very much, so he married his adopted daughter Ma Shi. Ma Shi is a talented woman, smart and capable, who assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in realizing the great cause of reunification. When Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, the first thing after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was to make her queen. Ma Huanghou is not beautiful, but she is gentle and dignified and generous. The fly in the ointment is that she has a pair of "heavenly feet" that have not been entangled. In the era when small feet are the beauty, women's big feet are a defect. After becoming queen, Ma became more and more uneasy about her big feet. Therefore, in public, always hide, try to avoid exposing your feet outside the skirt. One day, Ma Huanghou had a great time traveling and paraded through the city in a sedan chair to browse the scenery of the ancient capital. When the people saw the Queen's sedan chair passing through the city, they all looked forward to seeing the Queen's elegant demeanor. Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and Ma Huanghou's big feet were displayed in front of the people. People are amazed. I didn't expect the queen to have such feet today! People rushed to talk about it, and the whole city immediately became a sensation. The word "showing the cloven foot" just got around. Later people called it "showing the cloven foot" that privacy or conspiracy was flawed or completely exposed. 12. In the old days, acting in the countryside was often paid by the squires, and the troupe was hired to perform in the ancestral temple. Then they sold tickets to the masses to make money, and the masses entered the theater with tickets. Of course, there is only one side door in the theater, and a strong man with five big and three thick will collect tickets. When no one comes in, the strong man straddles the threshold and puts his hands on the doorframe to prevent him from sneaking into the theater without a ticket. Children in rural areas really want to go to the theatre, but they have no money to buy tickets. Some children pleaded with the strong man at the door, observed the words, grasped the "temperature" and waited for an opportunity to gently hold up the strong man's arm and said, "Uncle, please raise your arm a little!" So the child took advantage of the opportunity to get into the theater from under the strong man's armpit. Later, the literati refined "please raise your arms" into "show leniency", which means asking people to "show mercy", and by extension, it was applied to intercession on various occasions.