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十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文一

郑人买履

A man of the state of Zheng to buy a pair of shoes. He his foot and put the on a chair. When he set out for the he to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he that this to him.

I the , said he.

He went home to get it but when he the had up and he did not get his shoes after all.

Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet?

He was asked.

I 'd trust the than trust .

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文二

东施效颦

Xi Shi, a , had a pain in her bosom(胸部) , so she had a frown on her face when she went out. An ugly girl who lived saw her and she very . when she went home, she also put her hands on her bosom and had a frown on her face.

When a rich man in the saw her, he shut his doors and did not go out. When a poor man saw her, he took his wife and and gave her a wide berth(保持安全距离) .

She only knew Xi Shi's frown but she did not know the for its .

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文三

专心致志

Yi Qiu was known as the most at chess the land. Once he gave on chess to two men. One of them was in his , to Yi Qiu while the other, who to be , had his mind on else. In fact, he was a fancy that a swan was him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to shoot. As a , he was the same with the first man, yet he out a much (差的，自卑的) pupil.

If one does not give - to it, no will be .

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文四

买椟还珠

A man from the state of Chu to sell a pearl in the state of Zheng. He made a (小箱，棺材) for the pearl out of the wood from a (木兰) tree, which he (熏制) with . He the with and jade, it with red gems and it with (翠鸟) . A man of the state of Zheng the and gave him back the pearl.

Too (丰富的，奢华的) (取代) what . This man from Chu knew how to sell a but he was no good at his pearl. And the man of Zheng didn't know which is .

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文五

万事俱备 只欠东风

China has been into three : Wei in the north, Shu in the and Wu in the .

Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200,000 army down to the south to wipe out the of Wu and Shu. , Wu and Shu to his . Cao his men to link up the boats by iron to form a for the Cao's from the north bank of River to the south bank. The of the army was Zhou Yu. He the . Then he got a good idea. He to the enemy with fire. So he began to for the . he of the of wind. He the east wind to blow in order to his . , the wind did not nete for days. Thus Zhou Yu was about it. At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the of the State of Shu, which reads:

"To fight Cao Cao

Fire will help you win

is ready

the east wind"

he to Zhuge Liang for help. Zhuge told him not to worry and there would be an east wind in a of days. Two days later, the east wind Zhou his . At last, the army won the war.

Later, use it to say "All is ready what is ".

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文六

相敬如宾

the and (770-476 BC), there was a high in the State of Jin. He once saw a in the field and his wife his lunch to him in a very . He great in the . He took the back to Jin with him, and said to the King of Jin, " is a of . If one is , he must be . We our with ." But the King asked, "His is , is it wise to do so?" He , "Guan Zhong had been enemy to the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke Guan Zhong prime and his . Shun Gun but his son Yu. You just make use of his ." At last, Duke Wen took his and put the in an .

Later, this idiom means a each other with like .

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文七

入木三分

Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most (书法家) the Jin of China. When he was very young, he his art every day and never .

Later he the of all the other of , and his own style of . of his , he has been as one of China's sages of . One time, Wang Xi-zhi in wood for an to cut. Then the found the ink had one into the wood.

"Ru Mu San Fen" is got from this story, which means the is .

Now it is often used to sharp ideas or views.

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文八

一技之长

Gong sun Long , is a lived in the State of Zhao the (475-221BC). He had kept a him. He often said, "A wise man with a ."

One day, a man in (破烂的) and dirty came to see him and said to him:" I have a skill. "

Gong asked: "What is it?"

"I have a loud voice and I'm good at ."

Then Gong to his and asked," Who is good at ?" But none of them "Yes ". So the took the man in.

Some days later, Gong and his went on a trip. They came to a wide river and found the was on the other side of the river. All of them had no idea. , Gong of the and to him, "Can you have a try?" The man it was the to show his skill. He to the as loud as he could, "Hey, , nete here, we want to cross the river." As his voice ended, the came to fetch them. Gong was very with the new .

Later, use it to who has a skill.

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文九

叶公好龙

In the and , there lived in Chu a named Chu , who as "Lord Ye".

It's said that this Lord Ye was very fond of . The walls had on them. The beams, , doors and the were all with them. As a , his love for was out. When the real in heard of this Lord Ye, he was moved. He to visit Lord Ye to thank him.

You might think Lord Ye was very happy to see a real . But, , at very the sight of the , he was out of his wits and ran away as fast as he could.

From then on, knew that Lord Ye only loved or which look like , not the real thing.

十个中国成语故事的典故英文版范文十

望梅止渴

Among the of , for their or (背叛,变节), Cao Cao is one of the .

One hot day, he out his under a sun in a area. (令人困惑地) he lost the way. The was long and the sun was . After their and march, all their great with the of Cao Cao. They of their great . The (对抗) of the was fast and they were on the verge of a (兵变). The were to cope with the .

Cao Cao, , in the nick of time and gave to his to march to the plum trees for a rest and that would be to eat the juicy sour(酸的) fruit as much as they .

At the of the sour fruit the ' of great as well as the were .

Based on the story the later the "to one's by up at plums", to a case where one takes in that they have that which was or .

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