AP Chinese traditional stories

summer hw, memorize them goat

拔苗助长

(Ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3) →pulling seedlings to help them grow

守株待兔

(Shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4) → sitting by a stump to wait for a careless hare

画蛇添足

(Hua4 she2 tian1 zu2) →drawing a snake and adding feet

杯弓蛇影

(Bei1 gong1 she2 ying3) → mistaking the reflection for a bow for a snake

盲人摸象

(Mang2 ren2 mo1 xiang4) → six blind men and an elephant

井底之蛙

(Jing3 di3 zhi1 wa1) →A frog in a well

刻舟求剑

( Ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4) →carving a mark on a boat to look for a lost sword

三人行必有我师

(San1 ren2 xing2 bi4 you3 wo3 shi1) →one out of every three must be my mentor

孟母三迁

(Meng4 mu3 san1 qian1) →Mencius’ mother moved three times

孔融让梨

( Kong3 rong2 rang4 li2) → Kong Rong offers the best pears to his brothers