The idiom story of the mantis arm as a car 20

Original text: Qi Zhuang Gong went out hunting, and there was an insect that raised its foot to fight its wheel. Asked his royal said:

What kind of worm is this? He said, "This so-called praying mantis is also."

It is also an insect, knowing and then not knowing, and underestimating the enemy without measuring its strength. Zhuang Gong said: "This is a man, and he will be brave for the world!"

Return and avoid it, and the warrior returns.

Translation: In the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Qi Zhuanggong, once went out hunting in a car, and suddenly saw a small insect on the side of the road, stretching out two arm-like front legs, trying to block the advancing wheels. Zhuang Gong asked the person who was driving:

What kind of bug is this? The driver replied: "This is a praying mantis, it sees the car coming, it doesn't know how to retreat quickly, but it still has to come to block it, it's really overwhelming!"

Zhuang Gong smiled: "What an excellent warrior, let's not hurt it!" So saying, he told the driver to pull over, get out of the way, and walk past the roadside.

This matter spread quickly. People say that Zhuang Gong respects and loves warriors. Many brave warriors came to him.

However, as an idiom, "the mantis arm is a car" is not a metaphor for an excellent warrior, but a ridiculous character who is not able to measure himself.

This idiom comes from "Zhuangzi: The World".

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a sage named Yan 阖 (hé) in the Lu Kingdom, who was invited by the Linggong of Wei to be the teacher of his crown prince 蒯瞆 (kuǎi guì). Yan Yu heard that Kuai Yu was a fierce and virtuous person, and after arriving in Weiguo, he first went to visit the sage of Wei Guo (qú) Boyu and asked how to teach Kuai Yu well. Lu Boyu said, it is right and beneficial for you to ask about the situation first, but it is difficult to use your talents to teach the prince well.

And further said: "You don't know what about the praying mantis (the same mantis)? Angry with his arm to be a rut, I don't know that he is incompetent, and he is the beauty of his talent.

Quit it, be careful! Meaning: The praying mantis puffs out its arms to block the wheels that are advancing, not knowing that it is incompetent, but does think that its actions are good and beneficial.

Yan Close! Your heart is good, but your actions are like a mantis arm as a car, you have to be vigilant! Be careful!

"The mantis arm as a car" is used as a metaphor for not measuring oneself.

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The mantis arm as a car is from "Zhuangzi: The World": "You don't know that the praying mantis is angry, and you are angry that it carries the arm to be a rut, and you don't know that it is incompetent." ”

Original text: Qi Zhuang Gong went out hunting, there was an insect lift, and the foot would fight its wheel, and asked its royal saying: "What kind of insect is this?"

He said: "This key is also a praying mantis." It is also an insect, knowing that it does not know, but it does not measure its strength and underestimates the enemy" Zhuang Gong said:

This is for people, and it will be brave for the world."

Meaning: When Zhuang Gong, the king of Qi, went out hunting, a praying mantis raised his foot and was about to fight with the wheels of his carriage, and Zhuang Gong asked his coachman, "What kind of worm is this?"

The drafted the coachman said: "This is a praying mantis, as a worm, it is the kind of person who only knows how to advance but does not know how to retreat, and does not estimate the balance of power and rashly fights against the enemy" Zhuang Gong said: "If this insect is a person, it must be a warrior in the world" So let the car detour to avoid it, and then the warriors all defected to Zhuang Gong.

The mantis arm is used as a car. Source] (Warring States) Zhuang Zhou "Zhuangzi - The World".

Interpretation] Arms: the front legs of the praying mantis; When: Block. The praying mantis raises its front legs in an attempt to block the car's progress. The metaphor is that if you don't correctly estimate your own strength, and if you do what you can't do, you will inevitably incur failure.

[idiom allusions].

One day, Zhuangzi rode a carriage to a friend's house to run errands. The carriage was galloping along the straight avenue, and Zhuangzi sat on the carriage thinking about his thoughts.

Suddenly, he noticed that not far ahead, there was a bug wriggling on the road. Zhuangzi was afraid that the wheels would crush the insects, so he told the coachman to stop the carriage and let the insects pass first. However, after the carriage stopped, it did not move for a long time.

Zhuangzi asked the coachman what was the matter, and the coachman said, "A praying mantis stands in front of the wheels and refuses to leave." ”

When Zhuangzi heard this, he felt very strange, so he got out of the car to see what was going on. When Zhuangzi came to the wheel, he saw a large praying mantis struggling to raise its two front legs, trying to block the wheel's advance. An insect is much smaller than a wheel, although the praying mantis is relatively powerful among insects, its body is still very small, it does not know that its strength can not stop the car from moving forward, and the result can only be crushed by the wheel.

Thinking of this, Zhuangzi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Poor praying mantis, do you think you can block the advancing wheels by raising your front legs?" The mantis arm can't stop the car from moving forward. ”

[Words of Growth].

Nowadays, "mantis arm as a car" has become synonymous with the courage of the horseman and a typical representative of self-determination. But we can't ignore this praying mantis. Courage, it must be supported by its firm beliefs, and only in this way can it show such bravery.

In the face of suffering and adversity, we should also have the courage and courage of the praying mantis, only when we practice and do a thing, the results will be good or bad, and the level of ability will be known. Who says it doesn't take courage to be self-sufficient? We take a brave step, that step may be small, but it allows us to see ourselves, that step may be insignificant, but it also requires courage!

The mantis arm is a Chinese idiom that first came from "Zhuangzi: The World". The idiom refers to the praying mantis raising its forelimbs in an attempt to block the progress of the car, which is a metaphor for doing things that strength cannot do, and it is bound to fail; It is generally used as a predicate and object in sentence scrambling, which has a derogatory meaning.

Idiom story: Zhuangzi The World In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a sage named Yan Qi in the Lu Kingdom, who was invited by the Linggong of Wei Guo to be the teacher of the crown prince. Yan Yu heard that his father was the king of a country, and he was very unreasonable all day long.

Yan Qi felt that it was very difficult to educate such a student, and he didn't know what to do.

After Yan Yu arrived in Weiguo, he first went to visit Wei Shou Li's doctor, Lu Boyu, and asked how to teach Kuai Yu well. Lu Boyu said: "Mr. Yan, it's right for you to ask about the situation first, it's really difficult for you to teach the prince well."

He further analyzed: "Let me give you an example! The praying mantis ran out onto the road on its own, raising its arms to block the advancing wheels, and the results were predictable.

Although it does think that such a move is brave, it really does not make sense. Mr. Yan, your heart is good, but your actions are like Zheng San's mantis arm as a car, you must be careful and cautious! There are some things that you can't solve alone, so you might as well do it yourself!