Handan is a toddler, making up numbers, playing dumb, self-contradictory, carving a boat for a sword, gilding the lily, worrying too much, a frog in the well, a glass of bow and snake shadow.

Pinyin: hán dān xué bù

Description: Handan: the capital of Zhao in the Warring States Period; Toddler: Learn to walk. It is a metaphor for imitating people who don't go home and forgetting what they once knew.

Source: Zhuangzi Autumn Water: Eggplant I wonder if Yu Zi studied in Fushouling or in Handan? If you can't get the power of the country, you will lose your reason and go straight to your ears. "

Make up the number?

Pinyin: làn yúchng Shu

Explanation: abuse: untrue, false. People who can't play the flute are mixed in the flute team. Metaphor means that you have to be equipped with ability if you don't have the ability, and inferior goods pretend to be good goods.

Source: "Everything is done by Han Feizi": "Qi Xuanwang makes people brag and wants 300 people. Nan Guo invited him to play the piano. He was very happy to hear that hundreds of people supported him in the Zhou Dynasty. When King Xuan died, he told the King of Qi. When Chu Shi heard this, he ran away. "

Stealing a clock?

Pinyin: y language

Interpretation: cover: cover, cover; Steal: steal. Steal the bell and cover your ears for fear that others will hear you. Metaphorically, you are deceiving yourself, and you must try to cover up what you can't cover up clearly.

Source: Lu Chunqiu knows: "If the people have a clock and want to leave, the clock is too big to bear. Destroy it with vertebrae, and the bell will ring. I am afraid that people will smell it and take it away, covering their ears. "

Contradiction?

Pinyin: zixiāng máo dün

Description: spear: a stabbing weapon that attacks the enemy; Shield: A shield to protect yourself. Metaphor is talking and doing things before and after the conflict.

Source: Han Feizi Nan Yi: "Chu people with shields and spears have a reputation:' I have a strong shield, so I can't fall.' He also praised his spear and said,' the benefits of my spear are all trapped in things.' Or:' What if the child's spear gets stuck in the child's shield?' People shouldn't react. "

Carve a boat for a sword?

Pinyin: kzh not uqiúJiàn

Explanation: For example, I don't understand that things have changed, but I still look at the problem statically.

Source: Lu Chunqiu Cha Jin: "A Chu man waded in the river and his sword fell into the water from the boat, so he made an agreement with their boat and said,' My sword fell from above.' The ship stopped at the destination, and the Chu people jumped into the water from the marked place to find the sword. The boat works, but not the sword. If you want a sword, isn't it confusing? "

Gild the lily?

Pinyin: Hua shétiān zú

Description: Add feet to the snake when drawing it. It is not only useless but also inappropriate to do something superfluous. It is also a metaphor for fictional facts.

Source: "The Warring States Policy Qi Ce II": "There are not enough snakes, but the child is safe?" Shi Ming Naian's "Water Margin" is the hundredth time: "The general's achievements have been made, and his prestige is great. You can stop." Going forward today, if you don't like it, is just like' gilding the lily'. " .

Worried?

Pinyin: q ǐ ré n y not u ti ā n

Description: Qi: the name of the Zhou Dynasty vassal, in Qi County, Henan Province. There was a man in Qi who was afraid that the sky would fall. Metaphor is unnecessary or unfounded worry and anxiety.

Source: "Liezi Tian Rui": "Qi people are worried about the collapse of the world, and they are sent away."

Frog in the well?

Pinyin: j ǐ ng d ǐ zh and w ā.

Explanation: A frog at the bottom of a well can only see a day as big as the wellhead. Metaphor is a narrow-minded person.

Source: "Zhuangzi Qiushui": "Well frogs can't talk to people in the sea, but they are confined to the air."

Cup bow snake shadow?

Pinyin: bü i ng sh é y ǐ ng

Explanation: mistake the bow shadow shown on the glass for a snake. Metaphor is the fear caused by paranoia.

Source: Han Yingshao's Secularity: Many Wonders in the World: "At that time, there was a red crossbow hanging on the north wall, which looked like a snake. I am afraid of evil spirits, but I dare not give up drinking. "