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• 1.The Happy Monk
• Once upon a time, there was a high class rich man. As he became older, he realized that the suffering of oldage was about the same for rich and poor a...
• 2.抱薪救火
• In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of lan...
• 3.退避三舍
• During the spring and autumn period (770-476 b.c.), Duke Xian of the state of Jin killed the crown prince Sheng because he had heard slanders about Sh...
• 4.洛阳纸贵
• In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a sm...
• 5.按图索骥
• During the spring and autumn period, there was a man in the state of Qin whose name was Sun Yang. Sun Yang was very expert in looking at horses and ju...
• 6.后来者居上
• This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase the latecomers surpass the old-timers to indicate that successors c...
• 7.门庭若市
• A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace is used to indicate at a gate or a courtyard that is as crowded as a marketplace. It indicates that there are ...
• 8.瞒天过海
• In 643 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang baulked（犹豫，阻止） from crossing the sea to a campaign against Koguryo. His general Xue Rengui thought of a stra...
• 9.围魏救赵
• In 354 BC, the state of Wei attacked Zhao and laid siege to（包围） its capital Handan. Zhao turned to Qi for help, but the Qi general Sun Bin determi...
• 10.清明节
• The Qingming Festival is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord'...