This proverb is most often used to describe a situation where one Sure enough,Īs soon as the painter added eyes to two of the dragons, they started flyingĪway. Incredulous, his friends insisted on his filling in the eyes. When asked, he explained that with eyes they would fly away. It is said that a famous Chinese painter painted four dragons
(Chinese original: 画龙点睛； Chinese Pinyin: Huà-lóng-diǎn-jīng.)įinishing touch. Seize the opportunity that comes by do not Solution to a problem serves no other purpose than self deception.įlowers as they bloom wait and you'll have only the twigs.Ĭhinese Pinyin: Huā kāi kān zhé zhǐ xū zhé, mò dài wú huā (Chinese original: 画饼充饥； Chinese Pinyin: Huà-bǐng-chōng-jī.) Tone: the thing that out stands others is something awkward if not necessarily It is also true with a camel amidst a flock of sheep andĪ flea when it stands on top of a hairless head. (Chinese original: 鹤立鸡群； Chinese Pin yin: Hè-lì-jī-qún.)Ĭrane is too obvious when it stands among a flock of chickens and looks (Chinese original: 好马不吃回头草； Chinese Pinyin: HǎoĮmployee never returns to the same employer after quiting him.Ĭrane standing amidst a flock of chickens. In that situation, avoidĪmbitious horse will never return to its old stable. Resourceful man knows to avoid a disadvantageous situationĬhinese Pinyin: Hǎohàn bù chī yǎnqiánkuī.)Ĭonfrontation will only end up in one's defeat. To do the trick, he is trying to frame someone while hiding himself Shadow with sand it picked up from a river bed. Goes that a monster named Yu can make a person sick by shooting his Of the Han Chinese, to be published in spring 2006 by Libraries
Story, please read my book Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales To one's practical needs can only make things worse. Copying others without applying what is useful The moral is that one should use critical thinking rather than blindlyįollowing others' models. He could only but crawl back to his hometown and became a laughing stock. He fail to learn the new style, but he also forgot his own way of walking. Hated the way he walked and decided to learn how people in the city (Chinese original: 邯郸学步； Chinese Pinyin: Hán-dān-xué-bù.) Harbor the intent to victimize others but never let your guard
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In China, live fish are considered fresh and free from contamination that may cause illness when cooked and eaten. Popular in Tianjin, a large port city in North China, this saying is to deride someone who tries to be clever only to end in blunder. (Chinese original: 活鱼摔死卖； Chinese Pinyin: Huó yú shuāi Live fish to death before selling them (Meaning: Making fresh 650-52, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China.)
The English counterpart is "Imagination is your only limit." Go for it.īTW, this is a good example of a duilian or couplet. (Chinese original: 海阔凭鱼跃，天高任鸟飞；Chinese Pinyin: Hǎi kuò píng yú yuè, tiān gāo rèn niǎo fēi.) Fish swim in vast sea as freely as birds fly in boundless sky.
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