The fish that slipped through the net

Pinyin (lòu wǎng zhī yú)

Comment: A metaphor for a criminal or enemy who narrowly escaped.

Source: "Historical Records: Preface to the Biographies of Cruel Officials": "The net slips through the fish that swallows the boat."

Example: The two of them were as busy as a bereaved dog, and as anxious as a fish that slipped through the net. . (Second fold of "Flowers in the Back Garden" by Zheng Tingyu of the Yuan Dynasty)

Autumn Tea Secret Network

Pinyin (qiū tú mì wǎng)

Annotation Tea: On the Thatch white flowers. In autumn, there are lush white flowers of thatch and fine-meshed fishing nets. A metaphor for harsh punishments.

Source from Han Dynasty Huan Kuan's "Salt and Iron Theory·Xing De": "In the past Qin Dynasty, the law was in autumn, and the net was denser than condensed fat."

Example

Three days to fish, two days to dry the net

Pinyin (sān tiān dǎ yú, liǎng tiān shài wǎng)

Annotation: It is a metaphor for not having perseverance in study or work, often interrupted, unable to Stick to it for the long haul.

Source

Example Physical exercise should be done every day, don’t...

Coral in the Net

Pinyin (shān hú zài wǎng)

Notes in the Net: All in the net. It is a metaphor that all the talented and learned people are recruited.

Source: "New Book of Tang·Biography of the Kingdom of Fulin": "There is a coral island in the sea, and people from the sea fell into the bottom of the iron net on a large ship. The coral is first born on the rock, white as a fungus, and turns yellow when it is one year old. The branches are red and intertwined, three to four feet high. The roots are made of iron and tied to a net, and then twisted out."

Example From now on, Dr. Wen's book came out of the palace; a jade ruler was used to measure talents. , female Xiangru is left outside the garden? (Chapter 42 of Li Ruzhen's "Flowers in the Mirror" of the Qing Dynasty)

天罗地网

Pinyin (tiān luó dì wǎng)

Annotation of Tianluo: Zhang Zai A net for catching birds in the sky. There are nets all over the sky and the ground. Refers to the surrounding circle set up and down. A metaphor for a tight siege of enemies, fugitives, etc.

Source: "The Xuanhe Dispatch of the Song Dynasty" collected by Heng: "It was very difficult to leave the underworld, and it was also a time of great wind and disaster." The third chapter of Yuan Dynasty's "Magic Mirror Locking": "Heavenly Soldiers" Those who have been trapped in the dragnet will not have to go through two holes."

The example makes the fascist Sun Wukong have nowhere to escape~that is when the enemy dies. (Mao Zedong's "On Protracted War")

The sky net is vast, sparse but not missing

Pinyin (tiān wǎng huī huī, shū ér bù lòu)

Annotation means God is fair, and evildoers will be punished. It may seem careless, but in the end a bad person will not be spared. It is a metaphor that evildoers cannot escape the punishment of national law.

Source: "Laozi": "The sky net is vast, sparse but not missing." "Book of Wei·Biography of King Rencheng": "The sky net is vast, sparse but not missing."

You can give examples Do you remember what happened to Commander Cai three years ago? ~. What's the point today? (Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "Awakening of the World" Volume 36)

Iron Coral

Pinyin (tiě wǎng shān hú)

Commentary metaphor for collecting rare things .

Sourced from the poem "Bicheng" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty: "The moon looks at the rabbit's new soul, and the iron net coral has no branches."

Example

wangkai One side

Pinyin (wǎng kāi yī miàn)

Explanation: Remove three sides of the net for catching birds, leaving only one side. It is a metaphor for adopting a lenient attitude and giving people a way out.

The source is "Historical Records of the Yin Dynasty": "When the soup came out, I saw wild nets spread out in all directions. I wished, 'Everyone from all over the world has entered my net.' The soup said, 'Hey, it's all done!' But remove its three sides.

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It’s hard to fly even if you don’t have wings, but you have the virtue of being blessed by heaven, ~, I order you to surrender as soon as possible to avoid being killed. (Yao Xueyin’s "Li Zicheng" Volume 1, Chapter 12)

Open the net on three sides

Pinyin (wǎng kāi sān miàn)

Explanation: Remove the net on three sides to give people a way out.

The source is "Historical Records of the Yin Dynasty": "When the soup came out, I saw wild nets spread out on all sides, and I wished: 'Everyone from all over the world will enter my net. ’ Tang said: ‘Hee, that’s it! ’ Then remove the three sides. ”

Example

The net leaks and swallows the boat

Pinyin (wǎng lòu tūn zhōu)

Note: net: fishing net, a metaphor for the French net; swallow Boat: The big fish that swallowed the boat is a metaphor for the big fish that swallowed the boat. It is a metaphor that the law is too wide, so that even serious criminals can slip through the net. "The net is leaking to the fish that swallowed the boat, but the officials are in charge of the affairs of the country, so that there is no treachery, and the people are safe. ”

Example

Catch them all in one fell swoop

Pinyin (yī wǎng dǎ jìn)

Annotation means to catch them all without missing a thing or to eliminate them completely .

Sourced from Volume 4 of "Dongxuan Records" written by Wei Tai of the Song Dynasty: "Liaowei Xianggong catches them all in one fell swoop." ”

The people will also think of this example: Those who legalize traitors are themselves traitors, and the people’s determination is to ~. (Wen Yiduo’s "Beware of Legalizing Traitors")

Fishing Net Hongli

Pinyin (yú wǎng hóng lí)

Annotation Hong: Hongyan; Li: Suffer. When fishing with a net, what you catch is a wild goose. It is a metaphor that what you get is not what you want.

Source: "The Book of Songs·Beifeng·Xintai": "When the fish net is set up, Hong will leave it, and Yan Wan's request will be given. ”

Throw oneself into a snare

Pinyin (zì tóu luó wǎng)

Annotation: throw into; snare: a tool for catching fish and birds. Throw oneself into a snare Go. It is a metaphor for sending oneself to death.

Origin from Cao Zhi's poem "Yellow Bird in the Wild Fields" of the Three Kingdoms Dynasty: "If you don't see the sparrow in the fence, you will throw yourself into the nest when you see the harrier." "Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Seventeenth Policy Farewell: Killing the Traitors": "It is like a hunter who drives and tramples among the grass all day long, searching for rabbits and hunting them, but not waiting for them to throw themselves into the snare before taking them. "

For example, Sister Feng deliberately complained about his breach of trust, and Jia Rui swore anxiously. Because of him, Sister Feng often found other ways to make him change. (Chapter 12 of "A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty)

1. If God openly opposes people, it will be difficult for anyone to deal with it ("Homer's Epic")

2. It is a matter of survival or destruction. Questions to think about. ("Hamchut")

3. Even if a kind person is confused in his pursuit, he will eventually realize that there is a right path. ("Faust")

4. Understanding your own ignorance is the most reliable way to understand the world ("Essay Collection")

5. Do you think I have no feelings because I am poor and plain? If God had given me wealth and beauty, I would have made it impossible for you to leave me, just as I cannot leave you now. Although God has not done so, we are still equal in spirit ("Jane Eyre")

6. Adults have learned bad things, and God is testing them. You have not been tested yet, and you should live according to your children's ideas ("Childhood")

7. The better you are. If you don't have a heart, you will rise faster. If you hit others mercilessly, they will be afraid of you. You can only treat men and women as stage horses, ride them to exhaustion, and drop them when they reach the station. In this way, you can achieve your desires. The highest peak.

("Old Man Goriot")

8. I only want to prove one thing, which is that the devil tempted me then and later told me that I had no right to go that way because I was just a louse, like all the rest. ("Crime and Punishment")

9. Look, friend Sancho Panza, over there appeared more than thirty giants of incredible size. ("Don Quixote")

10. I do not wish that you should suffer more than I, Heathcliff. I just hope that we will never be separated: if I say something that makes you sad in the future, think that I feel the same sadness underground. For my own sake, forgive me! ("Wuthering Heights")

11. Happy families are alike, unhappy families are different in their own way. ("Anna Karenina")

12. Alas, slavish Italy, your journey of sorrow, you boat without a helmsman in the storm, you are no longer the mistress of the provinces, but a brothel! ("Divine Comedy")

13. Burying feelings too deep can sometimes be a bad thing. If a woman hides her feelings for the man she loves, she may lose her chance of getting him. ("Pride and Prejudice")

14. The bells rang again...one after another, quietly and peacefully. Even in the good month when a woman is a bride, the bells always have the flavor of autumn. ("The Sound and the Fury")

15. A person is not born to be defeated. You can eliminate him, but you can't defeat him. ("The Old Man and the Sea")

16. Of course, it's okay, and that's great, but don't cause any trouble. ("The Man in the Trick")

17. Bread! Bread! We want bread! ("Sprouting")

18. I have never loved the world, and it does the same to me. ("Selected Poems of Byron")

19. Love should give people a sense of freedom, not imprisonment. ("Sons and Lovers")

20. The storm will blow down some live oak trees on that day, some church towers will collapse, and some palaces will shake! ("Selected Poems of Heine")

21. The person whose behavior is the most ridiculous is always the first to speak ill of others. ("Hypocrite")

22. At this time, a spiritual feeling arose spontaneously, thinking that life is composed of sobs, sobs and smiles, and sobs accounted for most of them. ("Selected Short Stories of O. Henry")

23. History loves heroic deeds and condemns their consequences. ("Mysterious Island")

24. The whole second half of the day was left to Ball-of-Fat to think. However, she had always been called "Madam" before, but now she is simply called "Miss". No one knows why. It seems that she has climbed to a certain status in the evaluation before, but now, everyone Do you want to drag her down from that status, so that she understands that her status is too low? ("Selected Short Stories by Maupassant")

25. If winter comes, can spring be far behind? ("Selected Poems of Shelley")

26. I got it, I had found the answer to existence, the answer to my nausea, the answer to my entire life. In fact, everything I understand can be attributed to the fundamental thing of absurdity. ("Nausea")

27. There are some happy people in the world who turn their pain into the happiness of others. They bury their hopes in the world with tears, but they turn into seeds and grow flowers and balm to provide relief to the lonely and miserable people. Healing wounds. ("Uncle Tom's Cabin")

28. When Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant flea.

("Metamorphosis")

29. When reality folds over and fits tightly onto our long-term dream, it covers the dream and blends into it, just like two identical figures overlapping and becoming one. ("Reminiscences of Lost Time")

30. The most heartbreaking thing between people is that you suffer annoyance and harm in a place where you think you deserve goodwill and friendship. ("The Legend of Giants")