成语大讲堂：第四季(英文解释)

成语大讲堂
Lioness Roars from the East Bank of the River
Characters:
Pronunciation: he(2) dong(1) shi(1) hou(3)
Explanation: To describe a woman who is very bossy and perhaps cruel to her husband.
注释：用来形容女子十分专横或者对她的丈夫十分霸道。

Tone: Neutral
The Story: In the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Chen Zao. He called himself 'Mr. Dragon Hill'. He was very hospitable and often gathered his friends to have parties at home and called some singing girls for fun. His wife Liu was very unhappy and jealous about this. When she heard the girls' songs, Liu would use sticks to hit the wall and shout in the next room, and all the guests had to leave then.
Chen Zao feared his wife very much, and everyone knew this. His good friend Su Dongpo one day joked with him and wrote a poem: "Mr. Dragon Hill is a pathetic man; chatting with friends until midnight; suddenly a lioness' roar comes from the east bank; he was perplexed and dropped his stick to the ground."
Later the line 'lioness roars from the east bank' was used to describe a bossy woman, especially a wife.
在宋代，有一位叫陈造一个学者。

他自称'龙山先生'。

他非常好客，并招一些歌女表演。

他的妻子刘氏对此很不高兴，很嫉妒。

当她听到女孩的歌，就会拿起棍棒敲打墙壁同时在房间里大叫，这样所有的客人们就悻悻离开了。

陈造非常害怕他的妻子，大家都知道这一点。

他的好朋友苏东坡有一天开玩笑地写了一首诗：“龙山先生是一个可怜之人，与朋友聊天至午夜十二时，突然一母狮'轰鸣声从东传来，他立刻心智混乱就吓得把拐杖掉在地下。

“
后来'河东狮吼'是用来描述一种专横的女人，尤其是妻子。

Usage Example (Pinyin): Ma(3) shang(4) hui(2) jia(1), yao(4) bu ni(3) men(2) jia(1) you(4)
he(2) dong(1) shi(1) hou(3) le.
Usage Example (English translation): Go home right now, otherwise there will be a lioness roaring from the east bank of the river in your family.
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂
Writing Off with One Stroke of the Pen
Characters:
Pronunciation: yi(4) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1)
Explanation: Meaning to cancel everything.
注释：指把所有事情都去掉
The Story: Fan Zhongyan, the famous statesman and writer of the Song Dynasty, once served as a Vice Prime Minister.
One day, when he was reading through a roll of officials, he took up his pen and mercilessly struck out with one stroke all the names of prefecture supervisors who were incompetent. Fu Bi, his assistant, said to him: "You can strike out their names with one stroke of pen, but don't you know that the whole family of the dismissed official will weep bitterly?" Fan Zhongyan answered quickly: "Let a whole family cry if they want to, so that the people of a whole prefecture will not cry." He thus dismissed all the incompetent supervisors.
范仲淹，宋代著名的政治家和作家，曾官至副宰相。

一天，他正在批阅官员名册，他拿起笔，毫不吝惜地大笔一挥把不称职的地方官名字从上面划去了。

傅比是他的助手，对他说：“您可以大笔一挥划掉他们的名字，但您知道不，罢官官员的整个家庭都得痛得哭出来？”范仲淹马上答道：“与其让全县等的人哭，不如让一家人哭，如果他们想哭的话”因此，他解雇了所有不称职的地方官。

Usage Example (Pinyin): Rang(4) wo(3) men(2) ba(3) yi(3) qian(2) de en(1) yuan(4) yi(1) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1), cong(2) xian(4) zai(4) qi(3) chong(2) xin(1) zuo(4) peng(2) you(3).
Usage Example (English translation): Let's write off with one stroke of the pen all our conflicts from before and begin a new friendship!
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂：
In a Morning or Evening (Overnight)
Characters:
Pronunciation: Yi(4) Zhao(1) Yi(4) Xi(1)
Explanation: Describing a very short period of time.
注释：指非常短的时间
The Story: At the time of the Warring States, a man named Ji Liang fell ill. His son saw his father's critical condition and sent for three doctors.
The first one, Dr. Jiao, after examining Ji Liang, said, "You've failed to deal with cold and heat properly. Your functional metabolism is in disorder and your functional power is weak. The cause of your sickness is over-hunger and over-eating and indulgence in carnal desires. It can be cured only slowly." After hearing of this, Ji Liang told his son: "He is only a mediocre doctor."
The second one, Dr. Yu, looked over Ji Liang and said, "Your illness did not come in a morning or evening. It's been there for a very long time. I'm afraid that I cannot do anything about it." Ji Liang then said to his son, "He is a good doctor."
The third one, Dr. Lu, also examined Ji Liang's condition. He said, "You're beyond the cure of medicine." Upon hearing his words, Ji Liang praised him and said, "You are really an excellent doctor!" He gave Dr. Lu many presents before sending him home.
Ji Liang was actually suffering from a nervous disorder. He soon recovered.
在春秋战国时期，有位名叫季良的人病倒了。

他的儿子看到父亲病的不行了就请来了三名医生。

第一个医生在检查完病情后，说：“你这是冷热失调，代谢功能紊乱，身体很虚弱。

病因是过度饥饿和过度饮食和色欲放纵。

是可以治愈缓慢的。

“听完这些后，季良告诉儿子：“他是一个平庸的医生。

”
第二个医生在看了看季良后说：“你的病不是一天两天了，它已经有很长一段时间了。

恐怕我不能做任何事情。

”然后季良对儿子说：“他是一个好医生。

”
第三个医生检查完季良的状况后。

他说：“你已经无药可救了。

”一听到他的话，季良赞扬道“你真的是一个好医生！”他送给这名医生很多礼物带回家。

季良确实得了严重的功能紊乱病，他很快就去世了。

Usage Example (Pinyin): xue(2) yu(3) yan(2) bu(3) shi(4) yi(4) zhao(1) yi(4) xi(1)de shi(4),
ni(3) xu(1) yao(4) qin(2) fen(4) he(2) nai(4) xin(1).
Usage Example (English translation): Learning a language is not an "in a morning or evening" task-- you need to be diligent and patient.
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂：
A Ruinous Defeat
Characters:
Pronunciation: Yi(2) Bai(4) Tu(2) Di(4)
Explanation: Meaning once defeated, one's liver and brains will be scattered on the ground. (wow....that's harsh!)
注释：意指一旦失败，将会遭受不可挽回的损失。

The Story: At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the feudal princes in many places revolted against the tyrannical Qin court and the peasant leader Chen Sheng staged an uprising at the Great Marsh Township.
The magistrate of Pei County was greatly alarmed by the perilous political situation. At the suggestion of the county officials Xiao He and Cao Shen, the magistrate sent someone to fetch Liu Bang, who had been exiled. But when Liu Bang and his men were outside the city, the magistrate was afraid that once Liu Bang was in the city, he might remove the magistrate from his post.
The magistrate closed the city gates and planned to kill Xiao He and Cao Shen. Xiao and Cao managed to escape from the city and received Liu Bang's protection.
Liu Bang wrote a letter calling on the people to rise against the magistrates, tied the letter to an arrow and shot it into the city. The people in the city responded to the call with one heart -- they killed the magistrate and opened the gate to welcome Liu Bang into the city.
They all wanted him to be the magistrate, but Liu Bang refused, saying, "The whole country is now in a great turmoil. If you don't choose the right person to be the magistrate, maybe you have to suffer with your livers and brains scattered to the ground. I wish you could choose a more suitable person." After declining several more times though, Liu Bang eventually assumed the post of magistrate and became known respectfully as Lord Pei.
在秦朝末年，在全国许多地方发生了推翻秦王朝专制政权的起义，其中农民起义领袖陈胜、吴广在大沼泽乡举行起义。

沛县的县长对严峻的政治局势感到十分担忧。

在曹司萧何和曹参的建议下，县长派人去接回了被流放的刘邦谁。

但是当刘邦和他的部下到达城外时，县长害怕一旦刘邦入城之后，就会夺去他县长的职位。

县长命令关闭了城门，并计划杀死萧何和曹参。

肖曹设法逃离城市，并得到了刘邦的保护。

刘邦写了一封号召人民起来反对县长的信，把信粘在一个箭头上射进了城里。

城中的百姓一致响应号召，他们打死县长打开大门，欢迎刘邦进入了城内
他们都希望他做县长，但刘邦拒绝了，说，“整个国家正处于大动荡之中。

如果你们不选择合适的人做县长，你们有可能肝脑涂地。

我希望你可以选择更合适的人。

“虽然经过几次起落，但刘邦最终担任了县长职务并被称尊称为沛公。

Usage Example (Pinyin): : wo(3) zhe(4) ge(4) yue(4) de kao(3) shi(4) ji(1) hu(1) yi(2) bai(4) tu(2) di(4). hai(2) hao(3) wo(3) liang(3) ge(4) yue(4) hou(4) ke(3) yi bu(3) kao(3).
Usage Example (English translation): My exam this month is a distaster. Fortunately I have a chance to make it up in two months.
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂
Writing Off with One Stroke of the Pen
Characters:
Pronunciation: yi(4) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1)
Explanation: Meaning to cancel everything.
注释：指把所有事情都去掉
The Story: Fan Zhongyan, the famous statesman and writer of the Song Dynasty, once served as a Vice Prime Minister.
One day, when he was reading through a roll of officials, he took up his pen and mercilessly struck out with one stroke all the names of prefecture supervisors who were incompetent. Fu Bi, his assistant, said to him: "You can strike out their names with one stroke of pen, but don't you know that the whole family of the dismissed official will weep bitterly?" Fan Zhongyan answered quickly: "Let a whole family cry if they want to, so that the people of a whole prefecture will not cry." He thus dismissed all the incompetent supervisors.
范仲淹，宋代著名的政治家和作家，曾官至副宰相。

一天，他正在批阅官员名册，他拿起笔，毫不吝惜地大笔一挥把不称职的地方官名字从上面划去了。

傅比是他的助手，对他说：“您可以大笔一挥划掉他们的名字，但您知道不，罢官官员的整个家庭都得痛得哭出来？”范仲淹马上答道：“与其让全县等的人哭，不如让一家人哭，如果他们想哭的话”因此，他解雇了所有不称职的地方官。

Usage Example (Pinyin): Rang(4) wo(3) men(2) ba(3) yi(3) qian(2) de en(1) yuan(4) yi(1) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1), cong(2) xian(4) zai(4) qi(3) chong(2) xin(1) zuo(4) peng(2) you(3).
Usage Example (English translation): Let's write off with one stroke of the pen all our conflicts from before and begin a new friendship!
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂
Writing Off with One Stroke of the Pen
Characters:
Pronunciation: yi(4) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1)
Explanation: Meaning to cancel everything.
注释：指把所有事情都去掉
The Story: Fan Zhongyan, the famous statesman and writer of the Song Dynasty, once served as a Vice Prime Minister.
One day, when he was reading through a roll of officials, he took up his pen and mercilessly struck out with one stroke all the names of prefecture supervisors who were incompetent. Fu Bi, his assistant, said to him: "You can strike out their names with one stroke of pen, but don't you know that the whole family of the dismissed official will weep bitterly?" Fan Zhongyan answered quickly: "Let a whole family cry if they want to, so that the people of a whole prefecture will not cry." He thus dismissed all the incompetent supervisors.
范仲淹，宋代著名的政治家和作家，曾官至副宰相。

一天，他正在批阅官员名册，他拿起笔，毫不吝惜地大笔一挥把不称职的地方官名字从上面划去了。

傅比是他的助手，对他说：“您可以大笔一挥划掉他们的名字，但您知道不，罢官官员的整个家庭都得痛得哭出来？”范仲淹马上答道：“与其让全县等的人哭，不如让一家人哭，如果他们想哭的话”因此，他解雇了所有不称职的地方官。

Usage Example (Pinyin): Rang(4) wo(3) men(2) ba(3) yi(3) qian(2) de en(1) yuan(4) yi(1) bi(3) gou(1) xiao(1), cong(2) xian(4) zai(4) qi(3) chong(2) xin(1) zuo(4) peng(2) you(3).
Usage Example (English translation): Let's write off with one stroke of the pen all our conflicts from before and begin a new friendship!
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂：
In a Morning or Evening (Overnight)
Characters:
Pronunciation: Yi(4) Zhao(1) Yi(4) Xi(1)
Explanation: Describing a very short period of time.
注释：指非常短的时间
The Story: At the time of the Warring States, a man named Ji Liang fell ill. His son saw his father's critical condition and sent for three doctors.
The first one, Dr. Jiao, after examining Ji Liang, said, "You've failed to deal with cold and heat properly. Your functional metabolism is in disorder and your functional power is weak. The
cause of your sickness is over-hunger and over-eating and indulgence in carnal desires. It can be cured only slowly." After hearing of this, Ji Liang told his son: "He is only a mediocre doctor."
The second one, Dr. Yu, looked over Ji Liang and said, "Your illness did not come in a morning or evening. It's been there for a very long time. I'm afraid that I cannot do anything about it." Ji Liang then said to his son, "He is a good doctor."
The third one, Dr. Lu, also examined Ji Liang's condition. He said, "You're beyond the cure of medicine." Upon hearing his words, Ji Liang praised him and said, "You are really an excellent doctor!" He gave Dr. Lu many presents before sending him home.
Ji Liang was actually suffering from a nervous disorder. He soon recovered.
在春秋战国时期，有位名叫季良的人病倒了。

他的儿子看到父亲病的不行了就请来了三名医生。

第一个医生在检查完病情后，说：“你这是冷热失调，代谢功能紊乱，身体很虚弱。

病因是过度饥饿和过度饮食和色欲放纵。

是可以治愈缓慢的。

“听完这些后，季良告诉儿子：“他是一个平庸的医生。

”
第二个医生在看了看季良后说：“你的病不是一天两天了，它已经有很长一段时间了。

恐怕我不能做任何事情。

”然后季良对儿子说：“他是一个好医生。

”
第三个医生检查完季良的状况后。

他说：“你已经无药可救了。

”一听到他的话，季良赞扬道“你真的是一个好医生！”他送给这名医生很多礼物带回家。

季良确实得了严重的功能紊乱病，他很快就去世了。

Usage Example (Pinyin): xue(2) yu(3) yan(2) bu(3) shi(4) yi(4) zhao(1) yi(4) xi(1)de shi(4),
ni(3) xu(1) yao(4) qin(2) fen(4) he(2) nai(4) xin(1).
Usage Example (English translation): Learning a language is not an "in a morning or evening" task-- you need to be diligent and patient.
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂：
Full of Courage
Characters:
Pronunciation: Yi(4) Shen(1) Shi(4) Dan(3)
Explanation: Describing a fearless man.
注释：形容一个人无所畏惧。

The Story: During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao of the kingdom of Wei and Liu Bei of the kingdom of Shu fought with each other for the control of the city of Hanzhong.
Cao Cao sent his general Zhang He to stockpile a large quantity of grain and fodder at the foot of the North Mountain by the Hanshui River. The aged general Huang Zhong was dispatched by Liu Bei to seize and burn Cao Cao's grain and fodder. At the same time, Huang Zhong was encircled by Cao Cao' men and could not break the cordon. Zhao Yun came to his rescue and saved him.
Seeing that Zhao Yun was unrivaled in his courage, Cao Cao led a great army himself to reinforce his men. Zhao Yun had by then withdrawn to the town of Mianyang garrisoned by Liu Bei's general Zhang Yi. When Zhang Yi saw that Cao Cao's army was bearing down on them ferociously, he wanted to close the gates in order to defend the town. Zhao Yun would not hear of it. He had the city gates opened widely, furled the flags and stopped the drums.
The Cao's army thought this must be a ruse and started to pull back. Taking advantage of the situation, Zhao Yun thumped the drums and gave chase. The Cao's army was utterly defeated. The next day, when Liu Bei came to Zhao Yun's camp, he said with feeling:" Zilong(Zhao
Yun's familiar name), you are really full of courage!"
在三国时期，魏国的曹操和蜀国的刘备为了争夺汉中地区发生了战争。

曹操派他的大将张郃在汉水旁边的北山脚下储存了大量的粮食和草料。

老将黄忠被刘备派往占领并烧毁曹操的粮仓。

但是黄忠被曹操的部下包围了起来，不能突破重围。

赵云赶来并把他救了出来。

看到赵云那无与伦比的勇气，曹操率领一支的大军前来支持自己的手下。

当时赵云已经退到了由刘备守将章一驻守的绵阳。

当章一看到曹操的军队气势汹汹的向城外扑来时，他想关闭城门来防守。

赵云没有听他的，他大开城门，卷起旗帜，停止敲鼓。

曹军认为这必定是一个诡计，于是开始撤退。

赵云于是趁势起敲鼓开始追截。

曹操的军队被彻底击败。

第二天，当刘备来到赵云的营地时，他感慨说：“子龙（赵昀的熟悉的名字），你真是一身是胆。

Usage Example (Pinyin): ke(3) yi(3) shuo(1) wo(3) men(2) zhi(1) dao(4) de suo(3) you(3) ying(1) xiong(2) dou(1) yi(4) shen(1) shi(4) dan(3).
Usage Example (English translation): We can say all the heroes we know are full of courage.
编辑：大头
成语大讲堂：
A Narrow Strip of Water
Characters:
Pronunciation: Yi(4) Yi(1) Dai(4) shui(3)
Explanation: Said of close neighbors.
注释：指邻居
The Story: At the end of the Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, on the northern side of the Yangtze River, launched a war to unify the whole country.
He wanted to destroy the state of Chen on the southern side but his army was stopped by the torrential river. He stood by the river and looked towards the south that was enveloped in mists for a little while and he said to his minister, Gao Ying: "The emperor of Chen has plunged the people of Chen into the depth of sufferings. As an official of the people, am I to be stopped by a narrow strip of water and not come to their rescue?" He ordered boats to be prepared and eventually subjugated the state of Chen, unifying the whole country under his leadership.
在南朝后期，隋文帝，杨坚在长江北面，发动了一场统一全国的战方。

他想消灭南方的陈王朝，但他的军队被湍急的河水阻隔在河北面。

他站在河边，向云雾朦胧的南方眺望了一会儿，然后他对他的宰相高颖说：“陈后主把人民置于水生火热之地。

作为一衣带水的邻邦的皇帝，我怎能停下来而不去搭救他们呢？“他下令船只准备战斗并最终征服了陈朝，在他的领导下统一了全国。

Usage Example (Pinyin): :dui(4) wo(3) lai(3) shuo(1), Chong(2) Qing(4) he Bei(3) Jing(1)
zhi(3) shi(4) yi(4) yi(1) dai(4) shui(3). jin(3) wan(3) wo(3) jiu(4) qu(4) kan(4) ni(3).
Usage Example (English translation): Between Chongqing and Beijing is just a narrow strip of water for me; I will go to visit you tonight. (NOTE: in fact, the Chinese cities of Chongqing and Beiing are very far away from each other.)
编辑：大头。