Nov. 27, 2024
A Chinese Idiom
I don't know what to write today, so I will tell you a story about a Chinese idiom.
Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hit the root of a tree and died. He put down his hoe, stopped farming, and waited by the root, hoping to get more rabbits to feed his family.
This story was recorded by philosopher Han Feizi in his book and passed down to the Chinese idiom "守株待兔"-"waiting for a rabbit", which means expecting success without effort to get luck or clinging to narrow experiences.
今天不知道写啥，所以讲一个中国成语故事。
2300多年前，一位农民发现一只兔子撞在树根上死了。他放下锄头，停止种地，在地里等着，希望能得到更多的兔子来养活他的家人。
这个故事被哲学家韩非子记录在他的书中，流传下来成了成语“守株待兔”，意思是期待不劳而获的运气或坚持狭隘的经验。
A Chinese Idiom
I don't know what to write today, so I will tell you a story about a Chinese idiom.
Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hit the root of a tree and died.
He put down his hoe, stopped farming, and waited by the root, hoping to get more rabbits to feed his family.
This story was recorded by philosopher Han Feizi in his book and passed down to the Chinese idiom "守株待兔"-"waiting for a rabbit", which means expecting success without any effort to get, depending on luck or clinging to narrow experiences.
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I don't know what to write today, so I will tell you a story about a Chinese idiom.
NOTE: The 2nd "I" can be safely deleted. When writing, this is a better choice. (If speaking, the original is fine.)
Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hitdden the root of a tree that hand died.
He put down his hoe, stopped farming, and waited by the root, hoping to get more rabbits to feed his family.
This story was recorded by philosopher Han Feizi in his book and passed down to the Chinese idiom "守株待兔"-"waiting for a rabbit", which means expecting success without any effort to get luck or clinging to narrow experiences.
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I love Chinese proverbs! They contain much wisdom in 4 or 5 characters.
Nov. 27, 2024
谢谢！
在中国，比较文学的一般四个字的是成语，比如“守株待兔”。谚语类似成语，但口语性强，通俗易懂，而且一般表达一个完整的意思，形式上差不多都是一两个短句，比如“饭后百步走，活到九十九”。
我一直以为前者的英文是idiom，后者则是proverb。
Nov. 28, 2024
Your correction “Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hidden the root of a tree that had died.” is incorrect, based on the Chinese “一位农民发现一只兔子撞在树根上死了”. The Chinese says “a peasant discovered that, a rabbit has hit on the root of a tree, and it (referring to the rabbit) has died (because of this collision).
A Chinese Idiom
I don't know what to write today, so I will tell you a story about a Chinese idiom.
Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hit the rootstump of a tree and died.
He put down his hoe, stopped farming, and waited by the rootstump, hoping to get hold of some more rabbits to feed his family.
This story was recorded by the philosopher Han Feizi in his book and passed down tobecame the Chinese idiom "守株待兔"-"waiting for a rabbit", which means expecting success without effort to get luck or clinging to narrow experiencesis similar to the English expression, “waiting for something to fall into your lap”.
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Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit that had hit the root of a tree and died.
This story was recorded by philosopher Han Feizi in his book, and passed downit led to the Chinese idiom "守株待兔"-"waiting for a rabbit", which means expecting success without effort to get luck or clinging to narrow experiechances.
I changed it to what I think you meant.
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That's so interesting!
Nov. 27, 2024
Thanks a lot!
Have a nice day!
I don't know what to write (about) today, so I willlet me tell you athe background story aboutof a Chinese idiom.
What you wrote is correct! I'm just giving a suggestion to sound a bit more like a native speaker.
Over 2300 years ago, a peasant found that a rabbit hitthat ran into (?) the root of a tree and died.
He put down his hoe, stopped farming, and waited by the root, hoping to gecollect more rabbits to feed his family.
This story was recorded by the philosopher, Han Feizi, in his book and passed down to the Chinese idiom, "守株待兔"-" (waiting for a rabbit"), which means to expecting success without putting in any effort to gethrough luck or clinging to narrow experiencesto maintain a narrow-minded view towards something.
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I will add those 成语 into my vocabulary list!
Nov. 27, 2024
Thanks a lot!
I'm glad that I enriched your vocabulary.
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