TranslationofChineseAllusion.pptVIP

* Translation of Chinese Allusion Allusion--an implied or indirect reference, esp. when used in literature. Like Chiang Tai Kung fishing, they have cast the line for the fish who want to be caught. It may seem to be painting the lily Tung Shih imitating Hsi Shih. * Hsi Shih was a famous beauty in the ancient Kingdom of Yue. Tung Shih was an ugly girl who tried to imitate her ways. He had become so used to setting traps for peasants all these years that it came as a shock to him to find he had walked into a snare himself. Standing by with folded arms and waiting for gains without pains Misfortune may prove a blessing in disguise. What one loses on the swings one gets back on the roundabouts. Meet one’s Waterloo\败走麦城 Cast pearls before swine\对牛弹琴 rob Peter to pay Paul\挖肉补疮 What an Arcadia you live in! 世外桃源 When a donkey has exhausted its tricks\the donkey of Guizhou Lord Ye’s professed love of Dragons\the real thing Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhikeh Liang the master mind. Two heads are better than one. Three cobblers make a Solomon. “Weeping to make the bamboo put out shoots” presented more of a problem, for my sincerity might not move Heaven and Earth to such an extent. Still, even if my tears failed to produce bamboo shoots, it would mean no more than a loss of face, whereas :lying on ice to find carp” could really prove a matter of life and death. 哭竹求笋 卧冰求鲤 *