以牛易羊
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One day, seated in the ancestral hall, King Hui of Liang saw a man leading an ox pass by. He asked, "Where are you taking the ox?"
 
The man leading the ox stopped and answered: "I am taking it to be slaughtered1 and will use its blood to paint the bell."
 
As king Hui heard this, he felt pity for the ox and said: "How can that be done? You are too cruel. Let it go at once. It is not guilty. How can you kill it? I cannot bear to see it panistricken, shedding2 tears and trembling before its death."
 
The man leading the ox asked: "Do you mean that I shall let the ox go and not paint the bell? Is that it?"
 
King Hui answered: "What are you saying? How can you not paint the bell! Let the ox go, but use a sheep instead."
 
一天,梁惠王坐在庙堂上,看到堂下有一个人牵着一头牛走过,便问道:“你把牛牵到哪里啊?”
 
牵牛的人停了下来回答说:“我要把这头牛牵去杀掉,用它的血来涂钟。”
 
惠王听了,便对牛十分怜悯,说:“那怎么行呢!你们太残忍了,赶快把牛放掉。它没有罪,怎么能杀掉呢?我不忍心看到牛临死前恐惧、流泪、战栗的样子。”
 
牵牛的人问道:“您的意思是要我把牛放了,不必再涂钟了,是吗?”
 
惠王回答说:“你在说什么?钟怎么能不涂呢!把牛放了,换只羊吧。”


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1 slaughtered 59ed88f0d23c16f58790fb11c4a5055d     
v.屠杀,杀戮,屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 shedding c694aed05c6a8087e552a444b74f3156     
n.脱落,蜕落v.流出( shed的现在分词 );流下;蜕皮;树叶脱落
参考例句:
  • The factory is shedding a large number of jobs. 这家工厂正大批裁员。
  • The trees began shedding their leaves. 树木开始落叶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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