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• 1.骑虎难下
• Yang Jian was the regent（摄政王） of the last king of Northern Zhou(557-581). His wife advised him: Northern Zhou is dying. Now it is as if you are r...
• 2.黔驴技穷
• In ancient times there were no donkeys in Guizhou province. Somebody brought a donkey from somewhere and tied it to a tree at the foot of a mountain. ...
• 3.日暮途穷
• In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Chu was misled by slanderers（诽谤者） , and had Wu Zixu's father executed. Wu Zixu fled to the State of...
• 4.甚嚣尘上
• Once in the Warring States Period, the State of Jin was at war with the State of Chu. Duke Gong of Chu stood on a high platform built on chariot（二轮...
• 5.四面楚歌
• At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was b...
• 6.天花乱坠
• In the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589), in the reign of king Wu of Liang, there was a monk called Master Yun Guang who was a very accomplishe...
• 7.天衣无缝
• There was a man called Guo Han in the Tang Dynasty(618-907). One summer night, when the moon was very bright he suddenly saw a girl descending（下降）...
• 8.螳臂当车
• Once a carter（车夫） was driving his cart, when a mantis（螳螂） jumped out in front of the cart. Raising its forelegs, it tried to obstruct the pass...
• 9.杞人忧天
• In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even worried that the...
• 10.揠苗助长
• In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer who was impatient by nature. He thought his rice shoots（嫩枝） were growing too slowly, so he dec...