The most classic idiom stories in history: Iron pestle grinding needle, Hearing the chicken and dancing, Blind man touching the elephant.

1. An iron pestle grinds a needle

An iron pestle grinds a needle, tiě chǔ mó zhēn, is an idiom, which means that as long as you are determined and work hard, you can succeed in anything no matter how difficult it is. . It is a word of praise and can be used as a predicate, object, attributive, and adverbial. From "Mu Lian Saves His Mother, Liu Shizhaini" written by Zheng Zhizhen of the Ming Dynasty: It is like an iron pestle grinding a needle, a strong heart and a pestle will make the needle work.

This article comes from "Fangyu Shenglan". It tells the story of the great poet Li Bai who had trouble studying when he was a child. On his way out of school, he met an old woman grinding needles with an iron pestle. This deeply touched him, and he finally worked hard to study. , and finally achieved great success. As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. This sentence comes from this story. This sentence has also become a famous aphorism that encourages future generations to persevere in learning.

2. Dance upon hearing the rooster

Dance upon the rooster, pinyin wén jī qǐ wǔ, is an idiom derived from historical stories. The allusion to the idiom was first seen in the "Book of Jin Zu Ti Zhuan". The original meaning of "Dance upon hearing the rooster" is to get up and dance with the sword when you hear the crowing of the rooster (Wen means to hear; Wu means to dance with the sword and practice martial arts). Later, it was used as a metaphor for the spirit of lofty ideals and perseverance; it is generally used as a predicate in a sentence and has a complimentary meaning.

The idiom means that there are many reasons why Liu Kun and Zu Ti became famous generals in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. First of all, they have lofty ambitions. The hatred of the country and the family and the spirit of patriotism provide them with huge motivation. In addition, they work hard and put a lot of effort and energy into realizing their dreams. The road to success is not smooth. Only by persevering and never giving up can you enjoy the joy and glory of victory.

3. The blind man touches the elephant

The Chinese idiom "The blind man touches the elephant", whose pinyin is máng rén mō xiàng, means to make random guesses and assumptions based on only one-sided understanding or partial experience of things. Make comprehensive judgments; generalizations cannot understand the truth. From Sangha Sina's "Hundred Parables Sutra".

Idiom usage: subject-predicate; used as object, attributive, clause; with derogatory meaning. An example is from the fourth volume of "Guangyang Miscellaneous Notes" by Liu Xianting of the Qing Dynasty: Collecting sundries widely, a bag of golden arrows, shouting four times like a blind man touching an elephant, only one limb is left, thinking of the whole body. Lu Xun's "This Is Also Life": Those who write biographies of famous people usually blindly exaggerate their characteristics, so that the people or things they see are like a blind man touching an elephant.