The classics of the old saying attract strong winds.
Poor thing! Poor thing! You deserve to die, but it's hard for Tang Priest and Bajie to turn horses into dragons! This is the reason why a tree shakes, and people lose their lives for fame. (The Journey to the West back to 33)
[Interpretation] Metaphorically, people who are famous or rich are easy to attract attention and cause trouble.
Sell dog meat by hanging sheep's head.
You keep it inside, keep it outside, hang a cow's head at the door and sell horse meat inside. ("Yanzi Chunqiu? Miscellaneous articles ")
? Hang a sheep's head and sell a horse's breast ? ("once"? Guangwudi Ji ")
You see, the market is tight, and sows suffer early. Hang a sheep's head, sell dog meat, rely on people's wealth, and rely on a small scale to cut the knife. (seventy-seven times of eunuch's three treasures going to the western seas)
[Interpretation] The metaphor is to make a signboard in the name of good, but actually sell inferior goods. ?
A wise man has a poor memory.
Wang Lengran's advice and Gao Changyu's book were forgotten by the nobles, and national affairs were difficult to face, so that the servant was once caught off guard and stood side by side with you, looking at each other. (King of the Five Dynasties, "Tang Yan? Gui hate ")
I wouldn't have to say these words. I always forget half, but most people forget things. (The first discount of Yuan Gong's zaju "Uncle Zhang Fanji")
[Interpretation] Nobles are often forgetful. Originally, it meant that high officials were generous and did not miss their old friends, but later it was used to satirize people's forgetfulness.
The general will not dismount.
Anyway, why not ask for it? From then on, the generals will not dismount and go their separate ways. (The second discount of the drama "Emperor Gaozu Ying Bu")
[Interpretation] It reflects the majesty and etiquette system of the general.
Watch people eat dishes and plates.
You were bought by our family to learn drama, but you are a whore. I am a lower slave than you! Do you know everything? Watching people eat food? ! Baoyu wants to send something. If you stop him, he will take yours. (Sixty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] See people do things, see people talk, and see people talk nonsense.
As trees are, so are fruits.
My husband grows wheat to get wheat, and he grows millet to get millet. People are not strange. ("Lu Chunqiu? Away from the world? Suntech ")
No pains, no gains; No pains, no gains. (Nirvana Sutra)
When planting beans, the seedlings must be beans; As you sow, you reap; as you sow, you reap. ("Lu language collection? Save ")
At dusk, I read the Buddhist scriptures and read the Hua Yan mantra. As the tree, so the fruit. (Chapter 45 of Water Margin)
[Interpretation] As you sow, you reap. Compare what you did and what kind of results you got.
The sharp wind met the slow doctor.
Poor officials are not as good as enriching the people, and sharp winds meet with slow doctors. ("Dream pen gives birth to flowers?" Hangzhou proverbs are mixed ")
[Interpretation] In other words, you have something urgent to do, but the person who works for you is very slow, which makes you very anxious.
Speak of the devil.
Hearing this, Lu Bu abandoned Cao Cao and went after Ma Xiangqian. (Chapter 12 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Mao Zonggang comments:? When you see Cao Cao, ask him, give up Cao Cao and don't drive him away. As the saying goes: Speak of the devil and he will come. Wouldn't it be funny to miss it yourself? ?
Coincidentally, there are no books. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. (Chapter 29 of "Evil Sea Flowers")
[Interpretation] Describe that Cao Cao has many eyes and ears, moves quickly, is everywhere, and may appear in front of you and me at any time. He is a man who must be vigilant.
Our predecessors planted trees, while our descendants enjoyed the cool.
? Plant bamboo this year and eat bamboo shoots next year; Our predecessors planted trees, while our descendants enjoyed the cool. ? ("popular?" Slang set pair ")
[Interpretation] It is a metaphor for predecessors to benefit future generations.
The preface doesn't match the latter.
How come in these books, only the young lady and the girl who followed closely know such a thing? Think about it, what are those people in charge of? But the preface doesn't match the latter, does it (Back to the 54th Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] What you said can't be connected. Describe the confusion of thoughts and cannot be justified. Answer: they are connected, but the words before and after are not connected.
Raise children to prevent old age.
Volume 43:? Raising children for old age and saving grain for hunger. ? ("Yu Yu Congkao")
[Interpretation] Raising children to prevent old age.
Give a stick as a (real) needle.
Xifeng said,? I can handle these things there. I am shallow in knowledge, stupid in mouth and straightforward in heart. If someone gives me a stick, I will take it as a needle. ?
[Interpretation] It is often used in mood sentences that link the past with the future to describe a person's excesses.
A clever mind keeps its mouth shut.
? A clever mind keeps its mouth shut. ? ("in layman's terms, it is sparse? Head face ")
Wukong, the family here, knows that we are finished. Since ancient times? A clever mind keeps its mouth shut. ? I'm afraid I'll lose something if I'm flooded for a long time. (The Journey to the West back to ninety-nine)
[Interpretation] People who know the Tao do not appear in front of people. Don't show your face or reveal your identity in front of people.
Don't lie in front of real people.
Foster mother, you can't tell lies in front of real people, and you can't shoot floats on dry land, so you made an appointment for one day and took your little lady and wedding brocade to Meijiaqiao restaurant. ("Beijing popular novels? Xishan ghost cave)
[Definition] It means that you don't have to tell lies in front of sincere, reliable or well-informed people.
The wicked have their own grinding.
Recently, Lu Sheng was in Taicang, brawn and stubborn, which contradicted the words of fellow villager Wu Shen 'an. Iron ruler and Liu Zhu put it in their arms and carved this ruler to beat Wu Zhiyan. Wu moved to his hometown. Wu Wang Wei is Zhou's nephew. I occasionally ask: Xiaobai tried to kill me. What crime did my nephew commit? Wang Xiao said: Zi Cheng is innocent, but as the saying goes, the wicked have their own wicked grinding, so the two kings also. ? ("Wild Collection")
[Interpretation] A vicious person will naturally have a more vicious person to make him suffer. What goes around comes around.
A selection of old sayings: Ming people don't do shady things.
I'm not a night owl, but smart people don't do shady things. (The Journey to the West back to the eighty-fourth)
You have a business relationship with a man, and men and women have been together for many years. You must be a couple. Since ancient times, people in the Ming Dynasty have never done anything shameful. Why not tie a bun? Go and see the fortune teller. No problem. ("Ancient and Modern Novels" Volume 28)
[Interpretation] It means that people with bright hearts don't do things that are not aboveboard.
Tiger poison doesn't eat children.
? Hungry tigers don't eat children. People have no flesh and blood. ? (Tang? Nie's poem)
As the saying goes:? Do not eat tiger poison? . With my sweet words, I can speak eloquently, I can coax him, that's all. (The Journey to the West back to the 27th)
[Interpretation] Although tigers are fierce, they still don't eat tiger cubs. Idiom? Tiger poison doesn't eat children? That is, from this point of view, it is a metaphor that everyone has the heart to love his son. Unfortunately, however, this is not an unbreakable law, at least in the human world.
Know people, know faces, but don't know hearts.
Hearing this, Yang Xiong got angry and scolded. It is difficult to draw a dragon and a tiger, but it is difficult to know each other's faces. This guy came to me and said a lot about luxury at sea. Seeing this, that fellow panicked, so he came to tell the truth and be reasonable first. (Chapter 45 of Water Margin)
[Interpretation] Old saying. It is easy to know a person, but it is difficult to know a person's heart.
A scholar can know what's going on in the world without going out.
? Know the world without leaving home; Look at heaven without peeking. ? ("Lao Zi" Chapter 47)
? You know the world without leaving home, so why travel far away? ? (Zhang Heng's "Fu Xuan")
[Interpretation] What does this sentence mean? You can know the world through Tao without leaving home; You can know the laws of nature through the Tao without looking out of the window. The farther you go, the less you know the right way? . As the saying goes? A scholar knows what's going on in the world without going out? This is because the reader has mastered the relevant knowledge through study, and what Lao Tzu said about staying at home is obviously far beyond the realm of the reader and beyond the knowledge of books.
Fat water does not flow to outsiders.
Dude, that's 52 thousand short. Not even close. As the saying goes: fat water does not flow outside the field? For mutual affection between nephews and uncles, another advantage is to go back to Guangdong when the case is finished in the future. This is uncertain. ("Twenty Years of Fan Huameng" twice)
[Interpretation] What do you mean? Benefits can't be given to outsiders? . What else does it mean? Fat water does not flow into people's fields, fat water does not flow into people's fields, and fat water does not flow into people's fields? Wait for the statement.
Don't look for musk in the kennel.
What are the good things about father and these things? What is the reason? Dogs don't spit ivory. (The first discount of Yuan's "Meeting the Emperor" zaju)
Baochai smiled and said, Needless to say, there is ivory in the dog's mouth! ? (Forty-two chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] Metaphorically, bad people can't say good things.
Too many lice don't itch, too many debts don't worry.
Men must get married, and women should get married; Too much milk does not itch, and too much debt does not worry. ("Dream pen gives birth to flowers?" Hangzhou proverbs are mixed ")
[Interpretation] There are too many lice, and people are bitten by lice. Itching must be itching. I don't know if I get used to it. Don't worry if you owe too much money. If you don't come, don't think about him and pretend nothing. It is a derogatory term, indicating that people are not motivated.
Bricks and tiles sometimes turn over.
This is called a tile, and there is also a turning point, but it is early and late. ("Dream pen gives birth to flowers?" Xiansuo Yuefu ")
Today, people in Jiangbei say that the bricks of Chenghe River will turn over one day. ("in layman's terms, it is sparse? Unfortunately ")
[Interpretation] Metaphorically, when a person's life or career is at a low point, there is a sudden turnaround.
Clothes to reach out, rice to mouth.
My grandma, your mouth is full of food and your hands are wet with water. What's the matter with you? (Seventy-six chapters of Jin Ping Mei)
Your deep house compound? When water comes to reach out, rice comes to mouth? All I know is that eggs are ordinary things. Where can I know the market outside? (Back to the sixty-first chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Definition] Describe a person who is lazy and likes to enjoy the fruits of other people's labor.
Cleverness is mistaken by cleverness. ? Everyone wants to be smart when adopting a son, and I have been delayed by being smart all my life. ? (Su Shi's Poem of Washing Children)
[Interpretation] Smart: Smart, smart. You think you are smart, but you are delayed or cheated by it.
The latest old saying: breaking money and eliminating debts.
As the saying goes, breaking money hinders debt? , and the tens of thousands of silver, even if not used for mining, and from where the surname Liang back? Hugh, let's talk! (Twenty Years of Fan Huameng, the 22nd time)
[Interpretation] Take money to pay off debts. Say it often now? Destroy wealth and eliminate disasters? I lost money, but I escaped the disaster. ? In fact, most of them are self-consolation after people lose money.
If you catch thieves, you catch stolen goods, and if you catch rape, you catch both.
Has he ever filed a lawsuit? I sued him, and he wanted proof? Catch thieves, catch stolen goods, and catch a couple? If you can't hold it, you can't stand a bite. (Liu E's Travels of Lao Can (chapter 19))
[Interpretation]: Metaphor should be based on facts when dealing with right and wrong.
The thief is gone, close the door.
Stop. Stop. The thief went to close the door, where to catch him? When you can do it, ask him if he can do it. (Chapter Five of the Water Margin)
The thief stole something and left before closing the door. Take preventive measures after the accident.
Knock the egg against the stone.
? Those who don't say what they say are still throwing stones at eggs; The egg in the world, its stone is motionless and cannot be destroyed. ? ("Mozi? Return to One ")
? Cheating Yao with Jay is like throwing stones with eggs and cooking with your fingers. ? ("Xunzi? Discuss soldiers ")
Pinger leaned down to pick it up, because she pointed to her daughters-in-law and whispered, You two are not alike anymore. ? You are so bold to look down on him, but the egg hits the stone! ? Everyone is very busy: How dare we be bold? It's all Aunt Zhao's fault. ? (Back to 55 in A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] Eggs will naturally break when they touch stones? Power? . Metaphor is thin and? Power? If you play hardball, the former will fail. Remind everyone to do what they can.
Cured the sore in front of me, but dug out my heart.
Born in Tang? Nie Zhongyi's poem "Yong Tian Jia": sell new silk in February and new valley in May; Cured the sore in front of me, but dug out my heart. ?
[Interpretation] Metaphor only cares about the present and uses harmful methods to save the emergency.
Neither high nor low.
Besides, your youth has been wasted. If you can't get higher, you can't get lower. As you get older, there will be fewer and fewer relatives. I'm afraid you won't regret it. (Chapter 11 of Officialdom Reform)
[Interpretation] Just: Accommodate. The highest can't be obtained, and the lowest disdains to accommodate. Describe the difficulties in job hunting or marriage.
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
Baoyu smiled and said, Amitabha! I'd rather be fine! ? Zijuan smiled and said, it's news that you also read Buddha! ? Baoyu said with a smile, the so-called "rushing the doctor". ? (Back to the 57th Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] I was seriously ill and asked doctors everywhere. It is a metaphor to ask for help or find a way to deal with an emergency.
Wash your dirty linen at home.
Pan Po said,? Not good! As the saying goes, wash your dirty linen in public. If there are more than a dozen, neighbors will know. Legend has it that who will marry her? ? (The Awakening World, Volume 16)
[Interpretation] Ugliness: shame; Yang: Publicity and communication. Shame at home is kept secret from outsiders.
There are thousands of people in the family, and one person is in charge.
I don't drink tea, but I dare. You know the old saying: there are thousands of people in the family, and one person is in charge? Look at me. I should give my lover a chance to meet us at the mansion. I dare not bother you today, but we will come to see you first. ("Twenty Years of Fan Huameng" back to the ninth)
No matter how many people there are in a family, there is one person in charge of family affairs. It means that there must be a leader in everything.
Please don't be as good as a thorn stick.
You Zhu thought for a moment and said, please don't be a good stabber until I stab him? (Thirty-one times in The Journey to the West)
[Interpretation] Pleasing may make the other person feel that you recognize him and make you feel that you have done enough, and you may be sloppy and have no progress; The motivator can make the other person feel that your recognition of him is not enough, thus arousing him to constantly raise his mentality because he wants your recognition, which has great appreciation potential.
Who is the worm in your stomach?
[Liu Long Qingyun] I waited early and didn't eat.
[Yangzhou Female Cloud] Never eaten. You didn't tell me earlier who was the worm in your stomach. I'll give you a piece of silver to sell my own food. (The first discount of Qin Yuan Fu Jian's "Dong Tang Old" zaju)
[Interpretation] Who knows what's on your mind?
A dead end, people of all ages.
See "dream pen gives birth to flowers?" Xiansuo Yuefu
[Interpretation]
Turn a blind eye.
I turn a blind eye and let you go. You come to me! (Fifty-six chapters of "The Story of Awakening Marriage")
[Interpretation]
Far from eye, far from heart.
When did I close my eyes and break this tone, and let you two enemies go to heaven, me? Out of sight, out of mind? , also just. (Twenty-nine chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation]
Out of sight, out of mind.
As the saying goes, out of sight is clean. Now people who suspect that food is unclean often have something to say. ("Naihetian" Zaju)
[Interpretation]
There is no one in the eyes.
After a few days out of the door, I was lawless and no one was in my eyes. (Back to the 58th Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation]
Keep your eyes on Tianmen?
? Eyes are born on the forehead, and eggs shrink in the sun. ? ("popular?" Slang set pair ")
[Interpretation]
I ate rice in the year of silver.
I'm sure it's even in charge, and she's in charge at home. I'm afraid it has been several years. Eat the year after the year? Yes, it's still so beautiful! (A Dream of Red Mansions 106)
[Interpretation]
Ride a donkey to find a donkey.
Daan said? Who wants to know Buddha first? Baizhang said: There are two diseases in meditation. One is to ride a donkey to find a donkey, and the other is to ride a donkey and refuse to get off. ? (Zheng Zhihong's "Exploring the Origin of Common Words" is quoted from "Guo Deng Lu")
[Interpretation]
The devil is easy to find, but the child is hard to find.
The devil is easy to find, but children are difficult to deal with. If someone helps you, you can get one yuan and two yuan. (Chapter 19 of Officialdom in the Sky)
[Interpretation] This sentence is usually used to satirize the villain around the big man.
Dare to be angry and dare not speak.
? So that people all over the world are afraid to speak and get angry, and their hearts are getting more and more arrogant. ? (Tang? Du Mu's Epang Palace Fu)
[Interpretation]
A strong dragon won't crush a local snake.
? A strong dragon won't crush a local snake. ? (Qian Daxin's Constant Yan Lu, Volume 6)
Since ancient times: Can't a strong dragon crush a local strongman? Between his lips, teeth, elbows and arms, he will have a heart sooner or later. How to prevent it? (Peach Blossom Fan, Volume 3, Volume 26)
[Interpretation]
There are people who are easy to be officials in the court.
It was just seen by an irrelevant person, but he was really concerned there, which coincides with the saying that some people in the DPRK are good officials. (Chapter 33 of Heroes of Children)
[Interpretation]
Monks who become monks can't run out of the temple.
Don't panic,? Let the monks hide from the temple? I naturally have food. (Chapter 54 of The Scholars)
[definition] means that even if you hide for a while, you can't get away because of other inevitable ties.
Much thunder and little rain.
Thieves have no sense of shame. There is a lot of thunder on their heads, little rain, and miles of chaos. In the meantime, it's not so good. (Twenty chapters of Jin Ping Mei)
[Interpretation] The metaphor is very powerful but there are not many skills.
You can't wash it if you jump into the Yellow River.
No one believes me when I say shit, and jumping in the Yellow River can't wash it off. (Chapter 22 of Heroes of Children)
[Interpretation] Metaphor is difficult to get rid of relationships and avoid suspicion.
Water spilled by a married woman.
As the saying goes:? Married girl spilled water? what can I do? (The eighty-first time in A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] is an old saying. In ancient feudal society, in the "three obedience and four virtues", the wife followed her husband's program and the man was above the woman. When a woman marries, she is a man's man, just like splashing water.
Marry a chicken with a chicken, and marry a dog with a dog.
Haven't you heard someone say, marry a chicken and follow a chicken, and marry a dog and follow a dog? Everyone there is a queen like your big sister. (The eighty-first time in A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] The feudal ethics believes that after a woman gets married, no matter how good or bad her husband is, she must always follow.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed.
I don't know if a patient is pitiful. Although he has a good temper, you should also teach him how to be a man. Don't go too far. The wall fell and everyone pushed? !
[Interpretation] Metaphorically, when a person is frustrated, everyone takes the opportunity to hit him.
A thin camel is bigger than a donkey.
We also know it's difficult, but as the saying goes, a thin camel is bigger than a horse? ..... How? With him, you always pull out a hair stronger than our waist! (Six chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions)
[Interpretation] Because the camel is much bigger than the horse, even if the camel is starved to death, the skeleton is still there, and it is still bigger than the horse.
Even a hungry camel is bigger than a horse. Extension: On the one hand, people with special skills, even if they suddenly reach the end of the road in this respect, are better than some people who have just come out in this respect. Mainly refers to economic symbols.
Mules and horses are valuable when they are old, but not when they are old.
See Qinghe County Records of Hebei Province? Terrain? Dialect (annual edition)
[Interpretation] Warn people to be modest and not to put on airs.
Everyone has a fool in his sleeve.
I, Du Zichun, have been smart all my life, but I know nothing about movies. Many of my relatives are rude to me; The old man knows nothing. Why did he give me money? Besides, 32 thousand is not for fun. (The Awakening World, Volume 37)