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Chinese Zodiac Signs Ⅰ|生肖成语知多少

中国的十二生肖一共有12种,也叫做属相,十二生肖是中国的一种传统文化,已经流传了几千年。那么它们到底是什么动物呢?我们一起来看看吧!
There are 12 kinds of zodiac signs in China, they are also called“属相” (shǔ xiàng) The zodiac signs are a traditional culture in China and have been circulating for thousands of years. Let’s learn 6 of them and related idiom today.

1

shǔ 
mouse
shǔ mù cùn guāng
鼠目寸光Mouse’s eyes can only see one meter away. The idiom indicates shortsighted

 

2

niú

ox

jiǔ niú yī máo

九牛一毛

It means that a hair on the nine-headed cow is small, light, or very few

 

3

tiger
yáng rù hǔ kǒu
羊入虎口
Sheep have entered tiger territory. It’s a metaphor for the weak in a dangerous situation, facing the situation of being mutilated. 
4

rabbit
shǒu zhū dài tù
守株待兔Wait every day under the tree, in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk.

 

5

lóng
dragon
rén zhōng zhī lóng人中之龙

Used to describe outstanding, extraordinary talents.

 

6

shé

snake

huà shé tiān zú

画蛇添足

To paint the snake with the feet. Metaphors for doing redundant things, not only unhelpful, but inappropriate.

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