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蚁

画蛇添足

蒈

Onceuponatime,therewasanoblemanwhogavesomewinetohisservants．Thewinewasnotenoughforall．Theservantsfinallydecidedwhoeverfirstfinisheddrawingasnakeonthegroundwouldgetthecupofwine．Oneoftheservantsfinisheddrawingfirst．Hetookupthecupandwasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhethoughtofaddingfeettothesnake．Hewentondrawing．Thenanotherservantfinisheddrawinghissnake.Hesnatchedthewinecupanddrankupthewinesaying:“ItisIwhofirstfinisheddrawingthesnake．Whatyouhavedrawnisnotasnake．Asnakedoesn'thavefeet.”

螃

杞人忧天

蒄

IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod,intheStateofQi,therewasamanwhoalwayslethisimaginationrunawaywithhim.Onedayheevenworriedthattheskywouldfallonhishead.Hewassoworriedthathecouldneithereatnorsleep.Later,someonepersuadedhimthathisfearswereground-less.Thisidiomsatirizesthosewhoworryunnecessarily.

蒀

东施效颦

薈

IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod(春秋时

期,770-476BC),therewasabeautyintheStateofYuecalledXishi.Sheoftensufferedfrompainsinherchest,andsoshewouldoftenwalkarounddoubledoverandwithherbrowsknitted.Therewasan

uglygirlinthevillagecalledDongshiwhoenviedXishi.StrivingtoemulateXishi,sheimitatedherstoop,knittingherbrowsatthesametime.Shethoughtthatthismadeherelegant,butinfact,itonlymadehermoreugly.Later,thisidiomcametobeusedtoindicateimproperimitationthatproducesthereverseeffect.

膄

草木皆兵

羂

InAD383,thekingofFormerQin(秦朝),FuJian(fújiān苻

坚),ledahugearmytoattackEasternJin.Afterlosingthefirstroundoffighting,FuJianlookeddownfromacitywall,andwasterrifiedwhenhesawtheformidablebattlearrayoftheEasternJinarmy.Andthenlookingatthemountainsaround,hemistookthegrassandtreesforenemysoldiers.Asaresult,whenthenervousFuJianledhisarmyintobattle,itsufferedacrushingdefeat.Thisidiomdescribeshowonecandefeatoneselfbyimagingdifficulties.

艿

塞翁失马

蚈

NearChina'snorthernborderslivedamanwellversedinthepracticesofTaoism.Hishorse,fornoreasonatall,gotintotheterritoryofthenortherntribes.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim.

"Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather.

薅

蚄

Afterafewmonths,hisanimalcameback,leadingafinehorsefromthenorth.Everyonecongratulatedhim.

"Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeacauseofmisfortune,"saidhisfather.

羈

螇

Sincehewaswell-offandkeptgoodhorses,hissonbecamefondofridingandeventuallybrokehisthighbonefallingfromahorse.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim.

"Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather.

羆

Oneyearlater,thenortherntribesstartedabiginvasionoftheborderregions.Allable-bodiedyoungmentookuparmsandfoughtagainsttheinvaders,andasaresult,aroundthebordernineoutoftenmendied.Thisman'ssondidnotjoininthefightingbecausehewascrippledandsoboththeboyandhisfathersurvived.