The moral is to lose big because of small. This sentence emphasizes the lesson of penny wise and pound foolish, reminding people to weigh the pros and cons when making decisions, and not to ignore the greater losses because of the small interests in front of them. "Win a candy, lose a factory" is a Cantonese proverb.
Proverbs are a Chinese word, pronounced as y à n Y. Proverbs are an important part of Chinese and refer to concise phrases that are widely circulated among the people. Most proverbs reflect the practical experience of working people, and they are generally handed down orally. Most of them are easy-to-understand spoken short sentences or rhymes.
Ready-made words commonly used in people's lives. Proverbs are similar to idioms, but they are colloquial and easy to understand. Generally speaking, they express a complete meaning and are almost one or two short sentences in form. Proverbs include a wide range of agricultural proverbs, such as "planting melons and beans before and after Qingming"; Some are reasonable proverbs, such as "As you sow, you reap".
Some common sense proverbs belong to all aspects of life, such as "modesty makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind." "Take a hundred steps after dinner and live to ninety-nine." And so on, a wide variety, countless. Proverbs, like idioms, are part of the whole Chinese language, which can increase the uniqueness and vividness of the language. But proverbs and famous sayings are different. Proverbs are the practical experience of working people, and famous sayings are said by celebrities.
The origin of proverbs:
Tracing back to ancient society, people gradually formed many concise and philosophical proverbs by observing natural phenomena and summing up life experiences. These proverbs have been passed down from mouth to mouth among the people, and after a long period of circulation and evolution, they have gradually formed a rich and colorful proverb culture.
Proverbs have a wide range of contents, involving all aspects of people's lives, such as agriculture, meteorology, medicine, military affairs, education and so on. They express people's understanding and wisdom of life in concise and clear language, and become an important carrier for people to communicate and inherit culture. The origin of proverbs can be traced back to ancient society, which is a long-term accumulated and handed down cultural heritage.