One day, on the way to school, Li Bai saw an old mother grinding a thick iron bar. Li Bai was very surprised. He didn't understand why the old mother had to grind this iron bar. He stepped forward and asked politely, "Old mother, what are you doing grinding this iron bar?"

Without looking up, the old mother kept grinding: "I lost my embroidery needle. I want to grind it into a needle!" " "Li Bai was surprised and said," It's not easy! "The old mother looked up and said," It's not easy to grind an iron bar into a needle. After a long time, it can be ground into a needle. "

From pestle to needle, Li Bai thought of learning. You can do even the most difficult things if you are willing to work hard. As long as you persevere and persevere, your knowledge will certainly make progress and achievements. Since then, Li Bai has never played truant. He studied hard every day and eventually became the greatest poet in the history of China's poetry.

2. Don't scratch your face for three days.

Lv Meng was originally a man who didn't want to work hard, so he didn't have much knowledge. When Lu Su met him, he didn't think there was anything to recommend. Later, I met him again and saw that he was completely different from before, so powerful. When it comes to military issues, he seems very knowledgeable, which surprised Lu Su. He laughed and joked with him: "Now, your knowledge is so good, you are brave and scheming, and you are no longer the Amon of Wu Xia."

Lu Meng replied: "People should be treated differently after three days!" Monroe's words, the original text is "Don't wait for three days, scratch your eyes."

Later, people used the phrase "farewell for three days" to praise people for their rapid progress soon after leaving.

Zu Ti smells the chicken dancing.

Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun are the main books. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only share the same bed, but also have a common lofty ideal: to make contributions, revitalize the state of Jin and become a pillar of the country.

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him, "Did you hear the cock crow?" Liu Kun said, "It's unlucky to hear chickens crow in the middle of the night." "I don't think so. Why don't we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed.

So, every day after the cock crows, they get up and practice their swords, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops. Many things happen. After long and arduous study and training, they finally became generalists who can write good articles and lead troops to win the battle.

4. The East is effective.

In ancient times, there were two women in the state of Yue. One is very beautiful, and the other is ugly, called Dong Shi. Dong Shi admired Shi's beauty and always imitated Shi's every move. One day, Shi had a heart attack and walked in the street, covering his chest with his hand and frowning.

When Dong Shi saw it, she thought it was beautiful. She walked up and down the street just like her, but the pedestrians in the street were too scared to see her. Later, people used the phrase "it is effective to learn from the East" to mean to imitate others without knowing what their strengths and weaknesses are. In which "effect" means "imitation" and "frown" means "frown".

5. Talented people

Xie Lingyun in the Southern Dynasties was a writer who wrote a lot of landscape poems. He is smart and studious, has read many books, and has been deeply loved by his grandfather Xie Xuan since he was a child.

He was born into a noble family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the world called him "Xie" because he attacked the title of Gong. As a duke, he had no real power and was sent to Yongjia as a satrap. Xie Lingyun lamented his lack of talent, often leaving his official duties to go sightseeing.

Later, he resigned and moved to Huiji, often drinking and having fun with friends. The local satrap sent someone to persuade him to restrain himself, but he scolded him. However, the landscape poems written by Xie Lingyun are deeply loved by people. Every time he wrote a new poem, he was immediately copied and spread quickly.

After Song Wendi ascended the throne, he was recalled to Beijing as an official and praised his poetry and calligraphy as "two treasures". Xie Lingyun is even more proud. He said, "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets. I have to fight, and the world is divided into one battle. "

This idiom comes from this, which describes people's extraordinary literary talent.