中国成语故事中英文对照阅读版

　　中国的成语博大精深，这也可以从侧面中看出我国古代的文化真的是源远流长，影响潜移默化。今天为大家奉上中国成语英语故事，时间难得，何不深入了解一下让自己的收获更多呢?

　　中国成语英语故事(一)

　　come out of nowhere

　　一鸣惊人

　　In the Warring States Period(战国), Duke Wei of Qi neglectedstate affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation.

　　战国时期，齐威王继承王位已有三年了，可是他整天饮酒作乐，不理朝政。

　　One of his minister, Chun Yukun(chn y kūn)who had a good senseof humor, said to him:”There is a big bird which has never taken wing nor sung for three years.Your Highness, may you guess what kind of bird is it?”

　　有一个大臣叫淳于髡，很有幽默感，对齐威王说：“臣听说齐国有一只大鸟，三年来不飞也不叫，大王知道这是一只什么鸟?”

　　The dukeanswered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonishthe world.”

　　(其实淳于髡是暗喻齐威王)齐威王答道：“一旦这只鸟开始飞翔高歌，必然震惊世界。”

　　The duke then devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerfulone.

　　从此齐威王勤于朝政，励精图治，国威大振。

　　This idiom is used to indicate that a personmay rise from obscurityand achievegreatness.

　　成语“一鸣惊人”比喻平时默默无闻或是无所作为，但一旦认真起来，便一下子干出一番惊人的事来。

　　中国成语英语故事(二)

　　fail the exam

　　名落孙山

　　In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan(孙山).

　　宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。

　　One year he went to take the imperialexamination, and came bottomof the listof successfulcandidates.

　　有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。

　　Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whetherthe neighbor's son had also passed.

　　回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。

　　Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."

　　孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”

　　The peopleused this idiom to indicatefailing in an examination or competition.

　　人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。