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1、ChengyuandxiehouyuIalwaysbelievethatmyChineseisgoodenoughtounderstandmostofthechengyu.SowhenIbegantowritethisessay,Ididnotspendtoomuchtimeonsearchingthemeaningofchengyuuntiloneofmyfriendssentmeajoke.Hesaidthemeaningof不学无术wasneverspendtimeonlearningsomethinglesspractical.
2、Afterlistening,Ididn’tfindthepunchlinebecausemyunderstandingtothephraseisquitesimilartothejoke.Iwasshockedafterthatandsearch不学无术online,whichoriginandmeaningareverycomplex.ChengyuarephraseswhichChinesepeoplehavelongused.Andtheyareconciseandcomprehensive.Chengyuhavetheiror
3、iginsandalsosomeevolutions.Withoutthebackgroundknowledgeofthesources,peoplecanhardlyunderstandthemeaningofchengyu,letalonetheuseofthem.TherearethousandsofchengyuinChineselanguage,andtheoriginsarecomplex.Ingeneral,nineoriginscanbefoundinthehistoryoflanguage.Somechengyucom
4、efromancientChineselegendsandfablestories,suchas守株待兔(standbyastumpwaitingformoreharestocomeanddashthemselvesagainstthestump---trusttochanceandwindfalls),愚公移山(thefoolisholdmanremovedthemountains---withdoggedperseverance),精卫填海(themythicalbirdtryingtofilluptheseawithpebbles
5、---doggeddeterminationtoachieveone’spurpose),etc.EveryidiomandallusioncontainscolorfulChinesehistoryculture.Forexample,邯郸学步comesfromastoryofZhuangzi.AmanfromYanStategoestoZhaoStateinordertolearnhowtowalk.Consequentlyhedoesn’tlearnwhathewants,butforgetshisoriginalgait.Fin
6、allyhehastocrawlhomewithhands.Thisphraseisusedtosatirizepeoplewhowanttoimitateothersbutgetnothing.Anotherexampleis掩耳盗铃.AmaninJinStatewantstostealaclock.Theclockistooheavytocarry,sohedecidestocrushitbyahammer.Butanotherproblemhappens,iftheclockringsloudly,neighbourswillhe
7、ar.Themanstopshisownears,andbelievesthatotherpeoplecan’thearthering.Certainlypeopleheartheringandcatchthethief.Thisidiomusedtosatirizethosewhouseveryclumsywaystodeceiveothers.Somechengyuarequotedfromsentencesinancientbooks.Suchas不学无术isderivefromHistoryofHan.HuoGuang,asen
8、iorgeneral,isinpositionsofauthority.Becauseofhishighplace,hisfamiliesarepamperedandtheirlifeisluxury.Af
