{"id":9058,"date":"2017-08-28T01:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2022-05-04T07:06:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T07:06:07","slug":"chinese-idioms-chengyu-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-idioms-chengyu-animals.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Idioms or Ch\u00e9ngy\u01d4 About Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Briefly speaking, Chengyu<\/strong><\/a> (<\/strong>\u6210\u8bed<\/strong>, Ch\u00e9ngy\u01d4)<\/strong> are Chinese idioms that are normally made up of four Chinese characters. Chengyu are usually handed down from way back in Chinese history, and thus, over this long periodof time, there have been many stories that have resulted in many chengyu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chengyu are considered the collected wisdom of the Chinese culture. Through the insights learned from chengyu, you\u2019ll discover the experiences, moral concepts, or admonishments from the older generations of Chinese. Nowadays, chengyu still plays an important role in Chinese conversations and education. It is therefore important to know some common chengyu as you learn the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The influence of animals in Chinese culture is extensive, as they play a part in Chinese zodiac<\/a>, Chinese lucky culture<\/a>, puns, phrases, and, of course, chengyu. The following stories are famous ones in Chinese culture from which chengyu have been derived. Through these stories, it\u2019s easy to understand the meaning behind these chengyu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literally, this means \u72d0(fox)\u5047(pretend)\u864e(tiger)\u5a01(power). What the chengyu is saying is that a fox borrows the tiger\u2019s fierceness to scare or threaten others. We use this chengyu to indicate someone who is using influential people\u2019s power to bully or pressure others. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A cunning fox was caught by a fierce tiger, the king of the forest, and was about to be killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fox hysterically yelled at the tiger, \u201cYou can\u2019t eat me! I\u2019ve been sent by the Emperor of Heaven to rule the forest! You don\u2019t want to anger the Emperor of Heaven, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tiger didn\u2019t believe the fox. \u201cWhat an excuse! You think I believe you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you don\u2019t believe me, why not follow me into the forest and see how other animals react when they see me?\u201d said the fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With great suspicion and doubt, the tiger followed the fox into the forest as the fox took the lead. As they approached other animals, they all ran away in fear, not because of the fox, but because of the fierce tiger behind him. The fox simply pretended that the other animals were afraid of him, and not the tiger. The tiger, however, saw the running animals and was fooled. He thought the fox was telling the truth, and did not figure out that the animals were actually afraid of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, the fox saved himself from being eaten by the tiger with this trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8001\u677f\u7684\u4f84\u5b50\u5e38\u5e38\u72d0\u5047\u864e\u5a01\uff0c\u5728\u516c\u53f8\u91cc\u547d\u4ee4\u5176\u4ed6\u5458\u5de5\u66ff\u4ed6\u8dd1\u817f\u3002Chengyu about animals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. \u72d0\u5047\u864e\u5a01 (H\u00fa ji\u01ce h\u01d4 w\u0113i)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Meaning:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Story: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Example:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(L\u01ceob\u01cen de zh\u00ed zi ch\u00e1ngch\u00e1ng h\u00faji\u01ceh\u01d4w\u0113i, z\u00e0i g\u014dngs\u012b l\u01d0 m\u00ecngl\u00ecng q\u00edt\u0101 yu\u00e1ng\u014dng t\u00ec t\u0101 \u00a0p\u01ceotu\u01d0.)
The nephew of the boss always order other staff in the company to run errands for him, making use of his uncle\u2019s power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n