• Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故

  • By: Kenny Flinnex Yang
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Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故

By: Kenny Flinnex Yang
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  • Learning idioms and the history and culture behind them is crucial in understanding how east Asian communities view the world. This series aims to bridge the gap between pure form mandarin and modern English and Chinese.
    Kenny Flinnex Yang
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  • Re2: 半途而廢 ( to give up halfway )

    Re2: 半途而廢 ( to give up halfway )
    Jun 10 2024

    [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，不能堅持到底。


    Describing one to quit or give up halfway, and unable to persist to the end.



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    4 mins
  • Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)

    Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)
    Jun 8 2024

    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


    Def:

    將鹿指稱是馬，以展現自己的威權。比喻人刻意顛倒是非。


    Claiming that a deer is a horse, in order to display one’s own power by coercing obedience of others or to blatantly lie in the face of truth. Describing one to intentionally manipulate or to deliberately misrepresent the truth.


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    8 mins
  • 0 - Lv.A: 東施效顰

    0 - Lv.A: 東施效顰
    Jan 31 2024

    [ 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 ；furrowing one’s brows


    Def: 比喻盲目胡亂地模仿他人，結果卻適得其反

    Describing one to imitate the actions of others without understanding the reason or nature of just to get the opposite effect or to humiliate oneself
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    3 mins

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