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Chinese Idioms - 闻鸡起舞
February 10, 2009 at 02:10 AM
Rising Up upon Hearing the Crow of a Rooster to Practise Sword Playing (闻鸡起舞 wen ji qi wu) Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty(265-420)was a big-hearted and farsighted person w...
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Chinese Idioms - 四面楚歌
February 10, 2009 at 02:03 AM
Songs coming from all directions (四面楚歌 si mian chu ge) In 206 BC a war broke out between Xiang Yu, the king of the Chu state, and Liu Bang, the king of the Han state...
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Chinese Idiom - 井底之蛙
February 10, 2009 at 01:59 AM
The Frog in the Shallow Well (井底之蛙 jing di zhi wa) Have you not heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well? It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, " I a...
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Chinese Idiom - 画蛇添足
February 10, 2009 at 01:57 AM
Draw feet on a snake (画蛇添足 hua she tian zu) A nobleman, after making offerings to his ancestors, took some of the wine that was left over from the offerings and gave...
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Chinese Idioms - 滥竽充数
February 10, 2009 at 01:54 AM
No More Tricks, Mr. Nan Guo! (滥竽充数 lan yu chong shu) In ancient times, the king of the Qi kingdom loved music. He especially loved to listen to the playing of the yu...
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Chinese Idioms - 塞翁失马，安知非福
February 10, 2009 at 01:51 AM
Blessing or Bane (塞翁失马，安知非福 sai weng shi ma an zhi fei fu) Once upon a time, there was an old man living in the frontier area near Mongolia. People called him Sai We...
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Chinese Idioms - 杞人忧天
February 10, 2009 at 01:33 AM
The Man who Worried too Much (杞人忧天 qi ren you tian) Once upon a time, there was a small kingdom called Qi (now Qi County in Henan Province). In this kingdom lived a...
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Chinese Idioms - 狐假虎威
February 10, 2009 at 01:30 AM
The fox borrows the tiger's ferocity (狐假虎威 hu jia hu wei) There once was a king called Chu Xuan Wang. He found that many people were afraid of one of his generals, a...
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Chinese Idioms - 一箭双雕
February 10, 2009 at 01:25 AM
Killing two vultures with one arrow (一箭双雕 yi jian shuang diao) During the Nanbei Period (420-589) in the Bei Zhou Kingdom, there was a very brave and intelligent man...
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Chinese Idioms - 以人为镜
February 10, 2009 at 01:21 AM
Regard others as mirrors (以人为镜 yi ren wei jing) In ancient China, there was an emperor of the Tang Dynasty called Li Shi Min. He was different from other emperors be...
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