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Essay / Meaning of Chinese Proverbs and Idioms - 811
Chinese proverbs and idioms basically tell the story of a person, family or person. There are idiomatic expressions that speak of a past event, such as the expression "cheng men li xue", which means that someone admires and respects their teacher. During the Song Dynasty, there was a Chinese philosopher named Cheng Yi, he lived with his brother in Luoyang City. Cheng Yi had a student named Yangshi and he lived in another city. One day, Yanshi decided to go visit his teacher on a very stormy day. When he arrived at his teacher Cheng Yi's house, he saw that his teacher Cheng was still sleeping. So, Yangshi thought for a moment, whether he went inside or stayed outside because he really respected his teacher and didn't want to wake his teacher. Yangshi finally decided to wait outside and stay in the snow until his teacher got up. When Cheng Yi finally got up from his nap, the snow had already covered Yangshi. Thus, the expression "cheng men li xue" is used to describe someone who honors their teacher. In the Chinese expression, “ming luo sun shan” indicates that a person fails their exam or competition. In the Song Dynasty, there was a man known as a prankster, and his name was Sun Shan. Sun is a student and took an imperial exam with the other competitors. After Sun Shan took his test and waited to get the results, his name appeared at the bottom of the list of people who passed. When Sun Shan returned home after the imperial test, once he returned home, he met his neighbor father. His neighbor father wants to know if his son made it, he asked Sun. Sun responded that his neighbor son had come after him, and Sun indicated that he was already at the booth. After Sun made a joke about it, the term "ming luo su...... middle of paper... came from a scholar. The idiom "ba tu er fei" means not to give up on something. midway. In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Le Yang, who married and continued his studies for about a year, then dropped out. Le Yang decided to stop going to school and return home. When he arrived home, he saw his wife for the first time and she asked him why he had come back; then he responds that because he cares and needs to connect with her. Le's wife picked up the fabric she was working on and cut it in half. She explained to Le that stopping your studies is like stopping halfway, like cutting the fabric. He thought about it and returned to continue his studies but this time he did not return for about seven to eight years when he succeeded. After that, “ba tu er fei” was known as the idiom meaning don't give up halfway until you finish it..