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1、画蛇添足Onceuponatime,therewasanoblemanwhogavesomewinetohisservants．Thewinewasnotenoughforall．Theservantsfinallydecidedwhoeverfirstfinisheddrawingasnakeonthegroundwouldgetthecupofwine．Oneoftheservantsfinisheddrawingfirst．Hetookupthecupandwasabouttodrinkthewi
2、newhenhethoughtofaddingfeettothesnake．Hewentondrawing．Thenanotherservantfinisheddrawinghissnake.Hesnatchedthewinecupanddrankupthewinesaying:“ItisIwhofirstfinisheddrawingthesnake．Whatyouhavedrawnisnotasnake．Asnakedoesn'thavefeet.”杞人忧天IntheSpringandAutumnP
3、eriod,intheStateofQi,therewasamanwhoalwayslethisimaginationrunawaywithhim.Onedayheevenworriedthattheskywouldfallonhishead.Hewassoworriedthathecouldneithereatnorsleep.Later,someonepersuadedhimthathisfearswereground-less.Thisidiomsatirizesthosewhoworryunne
4、cessarily.东施效颦IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod(春秋时期,770-476BC),therewasabeautyintheStateofYuecalledXishi.Sheoftensufferedfrompainsinherchest,andsoshewouldoftenwalkarounddoubledoverandwithherbrowsknitted.TherewasanuglygirlinthevillagecalledDongshiwhoenviedXishi
5、.StrivingtoemulateXishi,sheimitatedherstoop,knittingherbrowsatthesametime.Shethoughtthatthismadeherelegant,butinfact,itonlymadehermoreugly.Later,thisidiomcametobeusedtoindicateimproperimitationthatproducesthereverseeffect.草木皆兵InAD383,thekingofFormerQin(秦
6、朝),FuJian(fújiān苻坚),ledahugearmytoattackEasternJin.Afterlosingthefirstroundoffighting,FuJianlookeddownfromacitywall,andwasterrifiedwhenhesawtheformidablebattlearrayoftheEasternJinarmy.Andthenlookingatthemountainsaround,hemistookthegrassandtreesforenemyso
7、ldiers.Asaresult,whenthenervousFuJianledhisarmyintobattle,itsufferedacrushingdefeat.Thisidiomdescribeshowonecandefeatoneselfbyimagingdifficulties.塞翁失马NearChina'snorthernborderslivedamanwellversedinthepracticesofTaoism.Hishorse,fornoreasonatall,gotintothe
8、territoryofthenortherntribes.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim. "Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather. Afterafewmonths,hisanimalcameback,leadingafinehorsefromthenorth.Everyonecongratulatedhim. "Perhapsthiswi
