About the Chinese zodiac idiom (8)
The sheep
Trail describe a winding narrow road.
Sheep fell in escaping the sheep into the tiger's mouth.Metaphor into danger, there is death there is no life.Example: Ming, a single "bananas pat down, in poor" : "too touts taught martial led the troops before the cloud in coordination, coupled to die, this is a sheep fell in escaping, v begging too touts cut."
Sheep skin is a sheep, but with the trade.Metaphor is hollow or flames.
Circuit better language the lieh-tzu said operator "metaphor things complicated and not in the right direction, and can't find the truth.
Ten nine grazing sheep sheep, nine people herding, metaphors are few officer.It can also be used, making is differ, disoriented.
Use "sheep"
For a long time, the sheep become people's favorite animal, therefore, people often use sheep and form different words, these words is each has its interest.
Self trouble or dead, is called "the sheep will Wolf";Metaphor the cruelty of the ruling class, corrupt officials, people call it "like a Wolf sheep";
Loss of small, big, has been described as "better cattle," is actually a blessing in disguise;
A magistrate outnumbered the people, be adjectives as "ten nine grazing sheep", can be exaggerated and do not break its true;
A personal learning or doing things without perseverance, not perseverance, hard to progress and success, it is often said that "better" than disambiguation;
Taoism has a "much" or "dream" to describe life is short.Northern song dynasty big astronomers OuYangXiuZe "sheep Jia cooked" is used to describe the passage of time, he said there is a poem: "er to unknowingly for 30 years, time just like ripe Jia sheep."Since ancient times there is a place called "bone, cadres," this place is located in the north of the house, the nights are short, the evening just put sheep Jia into the pot, the east has the break of dawn.This place about near the North Pole.
"Water margin" ninety-nine back to have a write monk "Ma Ling front is flying, but ran on a big fat monk, to the workingman, spilled Ma Ling a walkingstick, shoplifting, nabbed the Ma Ling early."Later metaphor people when it is convenient to take his things, is called "steal".
Lost sheep, hurry up to repair the sheep pen, not for the late, this is the "better late than never", that is to say, in the daily work life, to find a way to quickly remedy.
Docile sheep, vulnerability once fell into the tiger group, one can imagine the consequences, so people often think that fall into the hands of the strong or the weak man fall into the wrong hands is called "sheep into the tiger group".
Sheep oil condensation by a person a kind of very soft, delicate, tender feeling, so people often use "white as suet" to describe the skin white tender.
Some people in normal times visitor, gas refers to h, imposing, but encounter a dangerous place, was afraid to bow bow immediately.In domestic before the people and the people, for example in the late qing government is cruel despotic rule, succumbed to invasion of the foreigners, candidly admit defeat, to make China lose large tracts of land.So later generations often call this phenomenon "at ordinary times such as Wolf, such as sheep".
Another such as "make sheep will Wolf", "ask the sheep know horse", "shepherd reading raided" to "sheep" words frequently used in life.
In addition, there are some "sheep" word of noun, such as "goatee", "water", "suet jade", "mushroom" morels, etc.
Cattle, sheep for fire good just, so cold, people all like eating mutton to keep out the cold.
Sheep were slaughtered, product price is high, with occasional outlaw to profits to beg, often hang sheep head and sold by deng as dog meat, cheat customers, common hanging fei said true brand selling fake goods for "hang sheep head sell vinegar".
Sheep is the most afraid of rain, meet xiao yu is in a hurry to escape, and residence such as excessive moisture, often suffer from wet disease and fainted, so the goats, must have its bed of bamboo shed, and more than feet high from the ground.Is therefore, Taiwanese described in small namely anxious hands panic feet person as "the surprise sheep", and in traditional Chinese medicine with suffering from cramps absence, foaming at the mouth, sound like a baa-lamb disease called "epilepsy wind" or "horn crazy", originally named "epilepsy".
Sheep elephant fork, so every arrow series arrowheads in 3 (three prismatic) unit, called "sheep head".In ancient times there is a wheel car alone: a man wan is to the former, one after the push to the called "sheep head car".Claw bend like turning of the wind, so called turning wind "horns".Claw is "Chinese jujube" the nickname, "compound surname" are people too.Made of wool brush is called "countryside", has the characteristics of soft and full of elasticity, is the best pen calligraphy and painting Chinese painting.We often use "raise sheep shearing" secret "the wool is on sheep's body" to describe their own labor were not in vain.Sheep intestines and narrow, so with the "narrow path" or "narrow footpath" to describe the road dangerous environment and so on.People also like to use "sheep tail can not cover ass" metaphor didn't ability, use "feast with touch Francisco" describe the horns of a dilemma.Sheep that tiger eat in myths and legends, so with tiger to hide, deceiving, tiger thought the same, so ironic those ACTS have appearance of human "sheep skin quality".As the saying goes: "lamb dumplings dozen dog" means is to not back.
The sheep sheep on the western religions, Christianity to describe the human nature, easy to get lost, must depend on the strength of belief influence, make a stray lamb turn, so Jesus calls himself a shepherd.In China's history, called "red sheep", each country encounter trouble, such as a book of Song Chaoli zong said: "the third afternoon fourth not one, its value is China have the havoc the years of war."Later generations to c belongs to the fire, the color is red, not sheep, shaw so the name "red sheep looting".
The warring states period have ZuoBoTao with horn has met two people, two people a piece to seek job, chu encountered under the snow, both of them wear very thin and grain is not two people to eat.ZuoBoTao to help friends, all the clothes and food to pay via the yanggakdo mourning, hide himself into empty tree commit suicide.So future generations will be the most close, friendship is called "sheep" on the left.
In plants, and the sheep hoof of the flower is beautiful, it and the order of the phoenix wood, belong to the same wood division sisters flower, have the five petals of the flowers, trees and lush flowers are very beautiful and attractive.Only the names of the sheep hoof nail is common, and design and color is pink, is quietly elegant, so few people pay attention to it.The last two words of a poet wrote a poem in "thick makeup girl phoenix wood, hollow wind sheep hoof nail."Is this the moving picture of the flower.Sheep hoof nail for single, broad leaf, front end like sheep hoof close have deep concave, so by that name.The pink of the flowers with red stripes, a phoenix wood, pleasing to the eye.Flowering in May, fromChristmasBegin to bloom, in the yearThe Spring FestivalWhen one of the most brilliant, so there is winter jasmine flower, in the flower of the laudatory name.Sheep hoof nail from China's southern guangdong province, Taiwan province are popular culture, for pleased warm small trees, up to four, branch appropriate, to win the tree is the phoenix wood, wind resistance, crown princess, lower limb is heavy, the breeze ostentatious, extremely rich aesthetic feeling.Especially transit the more cold, the flowering, so they have "Indian cherry blossom" and "Japanese cherry blossom" alias.
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