Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故
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Re2: 半途而廢 ( to give up halfway )
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[bàn tú ér fèi] 半 : half 途 : way, or path 而 : and, but, or thus 廢 : stop, give up, or destroy Def: 比喻做事有始無終，不能...
Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth) [zhǐ lù wéi mǎ] 指 : to point to, or to refer to 鹿 : deer 為 : to be, as 馬 : horse ...
0 - Lv.A: 東施效顰
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[ dōng shī xiào pín ] 東施: 人名 ；a women that lives on the east side of the village 效 : 仿效 ；copying actions of others 顰 : 皺眉...
0 - Lv.B: 百步穿楊 , 前功盡棄 - 戰國策 蘇厲謂周君 -
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[ bǎi bù chuān yáng ] ; [ qián gōng jìn qì ] 百 hundred; 步 paces; 穿 penetrate; 楊 willow 前 previous; 功 achievement; 盡 comple...
0 - Lv.C: 才疏學淺 - 漢書·谷永傳 -
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[ cái shū xué qiǎn ] Most commonly used as a self-deprecating remark, describing one to have little talent, uneducated, or possess little or limi...