This is a martial arts term, which refers to defeating one's enemies with minimal strength.

Now it is also used in real life by think tanks. Hard work is effortless, and you can make four or two calls with hard work.

2, sharpening the knife does not mistake the woodcutter

On the surface, it means that a dull knife will seriously affect the speed and efficiency of chopping wood. Although it takes some time to sharpen the knife before cutting wood, it will not cut wood immediately, but once the knife is sharpened quickly, the speed and efficiency of cutting wood will be greatly improved, and it takes less time to cut the same wood than a blunt knife.

For example, to accomplish something, you don't have to start at once, but you have to do some planning, feasibility demonstration and step arrangement first, make full preparations and create favorable conditions, which will greatly improve work efficiency.

3, water drops and stones wear, rope sawing wood.

Water keeps dripping down, and it can drip through the stone for a long time.

Metaphor as long as perseverance, subtle forces can do very difficult things. It is also a metaphor that as long as you have perseverance, continuous efforts and perseverance, things are likely to succeed.

4, the embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the ant nest

Refers to a long dam, which will eventually be destroyed by the bite of small ants

Metaphor means that not paying attention to small things will lead to catastrophe or serious losses.

5. If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?

On the surface, it means that if you don't clean a room, why should you calm the world? ?

In fact, it warns us that people who achieve great things need to start from small things, hold their heads high and do everything in life in a down-to-earth manner. If you do too many small things, you will achieve great things.

Extended data:

Proverbs are concise phrases widely circulated among the people, which mostly reflect the practical experience of working people and are generally passed down from mouth to mouth. 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 colloquial, easy to understand, generally express a complete meaning, and there 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 rational proverbs, such as "As you sow, you reap"; Some common sense proverbs belong to all aspects of life, such as "walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to be ninety-nine". There are many kinds.

Proverbs, like idioms, are part of the whole language and 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.

References:

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