经典故事英语作文：小马过河附翻译汇集19篇

Recently, I was moved by a warming news. A boy from America was loved by a

lot of soldiers. The boys father was a policeman and he was sent to a foreign

country to carry the mission. Unluckily, he got shot and died. The world was sad

for him. This man left his wife and a small boy forever. The lucky thing for the

little boy was that his fathers colleagues decided to protect and love this boy

until he grew up. Love has been continued from this story. For most people, they

are lucky to be loved by parents and friends. While for few people, who have

gone through some disasters, they got care from the public. So no matter what

kind of difficulty we will face, we cant give up hope, because there is always

someone love us.

我的生日

My Birthday

My birthday is on##.My parents and friends celebrate it to me every year.On that day,we usually hold a small birthday party at home and invite my friends to come for a dinner.We chat,watch TV or play games together that we really enjoy ourselves.When we are playing,my parents prepare a delicious dinner.My friends and I like the dishes very much.Of course,I can get some gifts from parents and friends.I am very happy because they always know what I want and need.But,on the other hand,when the birthday comes, I am a year older,so that I must be more sensible and independent.Last but not the least, it’s also a time to show my appreciation to my parents.They work hard and do their best to bring me up.

我的生日是#月#号.我的父母和朋友每年都为我庆祝.那天,我们通常在家举行小聚会,邀请朋友到家里吃晚饭.我们聊天,看电视或者一起玩游戏,大家玩得很开心.当我们玩的时候,我父母给我们准备了可口的晚餐.我和朋友都很喜欢那些菜.

当然,我也从父母和朋友那里得到了礼物.我很高兴,因为他们总是知道我想要和需要什么.但是,另一方面,每当生日到来的时候,我又长了一岁,因此我必须更敏感,更独立.最后但也同样重要的一点是,这也是我向父母表达感激的时候.他们努力工作,尽他们最大的努力抚养我.

Covering Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell

掩耳盗铃

Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does [en]foolish

things.[/en]

王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. "Oh! How nice! I will take it home." He thinks, "What can I do?" After a while he has a "good" idea. "Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell."

一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。"啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。"他自言自语道："我该怎么做呢?"过了一会儿他想到了一个"好"主意。"啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。"

Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. "What are you doing?" the owner says angrily.

于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说："你在干什么?"

【成语来源】

At the time when Fan, a nobleman of the state of Jin, became a fugitive, a commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back.

春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。

But the bell was too big for him.

可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。

[/en]When he tried to knock it into pieces with a hammer there was a loud clanging sound. [/en]

他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。小偷找来一把大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。

He was afraid that someone will hear the noise and take the bell from him, so he immediately stopped his own ears.

小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗?他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。

To worry about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but to worry about himself hearing the noise (as if stopping his own ears would prevent other people from hearing) is absurd.

“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了!”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了!把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗!”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。

To tell you the truth, I dont like the Spring Festival at all. When I was

young I liked it very much,because I could had something tasty to eat during the

Spring Festival,and I could enjoy very wonderful TV programmes,too. I also could

had much free time during which I could did something I liked to do. I dont

like it now, there are many reasons.

Firstly, I cant have a good time during the Festival. Every New Years Eve

something unpleasant often happens. Once I quarreled with my second brother.

Secondly, I cant relax myself during the Festival. I have to do many

things, watch so many TV programmes, meet so many people,all these things make

me very tired.

Thirdly, spending one Spring Festival means that I become one year older. I

dont like to be old. I want to live longer and be young all the time.

Readers, what is your opinions about the Spring Festival? Please tell us,

we can share our opinions. Thanks for reading! Goodbye.

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说实话，我一点都不喜欢春节。不过我年轻的时候，我非常喜欢，因为我可以在春节吃到美味佳肴，我可以享受到非常精彩的电视节目。我还可以有很多自由时间来做我喜欢做的事情。现在我不喜欢了，有许多理由。

首先，在节日期间我玩得不开心。每年除夕夜总有不愉快的事发生。有一次我跟我的二弟吵架。

其次，在节日期间我自己无法得到放松。我要做很多事情，看很多的电视节目，见很多的人，所有这些都让我感到很累。

第三，度过一个春节意味着我又老一岁了，我不喜欢老。我想活得更久，并且永远年轻。

读者们，你有什么关于春节的想法吗?请告诉我们，我们可以分享我们的想法。感谢您的阅读!再见。

One day, a colt carried a bag of wheat to the mill.

As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. Water went gurgling on. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, "Uncle Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?" the cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just to his knees.

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, "Colt, stop! Youll be drowned! One of my friends was drowned yesterday just in the river." Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.

He told his mom his experience on the way. His mother said, "My child, dont always listen to others. Youd better go and try yourself. Then youll know what to do."

Just at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. "Little horse, its too dangerous!" "No, I want to have a try by myself", answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as as deep as the squirrel told him.

The fable tells us a truth: real knowledge comes from practices.

一天， 老马让小马驮着半口袋麦子到磨坊去磨面。

小马驮着口袋朝着磨坊跑去。忽然，一天小河挡住了去路，河水哗哗地流着。小马为难了，怎么办呢?它向四周望了望，看见一头老牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛伯伯，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗?”老牛说：“能。谁很浅，刚没小腿。”

小马听了老牛的话，正准备过河，突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河!河水会把你淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就是掉到这条河里淹死的!”小马不知如何是好，决定回家问妈妈。

小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”

小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦?”小马说：“让我试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。

这则寓言告诉我们:实践出真知。

The end of the summer, should have a good rest! But my mother is very busy.

As the daughter of course I want to help my mother to do some. Early in the

morning I got up, washed the dishes, sweep the floor, cooking and so on, at

noon, I tired, lying on the bed, fan fan, more comfortable.

译文：终于放暑假了，应该好好歇歇了!可是妈妈很忙。作为女儿的我当然要帮妈妈分担些了。一大清早的我就起来了，帮妈妈洗碗，扫地，做饭等等，到了中午，我快累死了，往床上一躺，扇扇电风扇，舒服多了。

My name is Yin Zhaoyi. Im nine years old. Im from Hengyang, Hunan. I love writing and reading.

I was a lively and cheerful girl, face, round eyes, long eyebrows, high nose, black hair, big mouth, short stature, long limbs.

Today is Sunday. I asked my mother if I could go to the library to read books. My mother said yes, I went straight to the library happily, and there were very few people in the library. I picked up a book and looked up. An hour passed, and two hours passed. Until 6 oclock in the evening, I found it was 6, and I ran home at full speed.

Today is lantern Festival. I am very happy. Lantern Festival is Chinese

festival. Every year once.

In this day, people are very happy . In the steet, people is a lot

of.people see a lantern. In the evening,I eat yuanxiao together with my family.

It’s very delicious.

I like Lantern Festival very much.

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今天是元宵节。我非常快乐，元宵节是中国节日，每年一次。

在这一天，人们都快快乐乐的。在街上，有许多的人，人们看到一个灯笼。在晚上，我和家人一起吃元宵，很美味的元宵。

我非常喜欢元宵节。

Saturday, my classmates and I went to the zoo, the first bus ride to the wildlife park. We take pictures at the door and we went in. Before we saw the peacock, I saw two peacocks opened the screen, and then have a good beautiful peacock open screen. Later we went to read the tiger, he ran so fast. We went to see when the show, there are a lot of animals. See the beauty of the hands of a snake, monkey online cycling. After we finished dinner saw sea lions and dolphin shows. After reading it, we went home.

星期六，我和我的同学一起去动物园，先坐大巴车到了野生动物园。我们在门口拍照然后我们进去了。我们之前看了孔雀，看到有2只孔雀开了屏，然后又有一只孔雀开了屏好美丽。后来我们又去看了老虎，老虎跑得好快。我们去看表演的时候，有好多动物。看到美女的手上有条蛇，猴子在线上骑单车。之后我们吃完了饭后看了海狮和海豚表演。看完之后我们就回家了。

A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes.

从前，郑国有个人想买双鞋。

He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair.

他量好了自己脚的尺码，把它放在了椅子上。

When he set out for the market,he forgot to bring it along.

可当他赶往市集时，却忘了带量好的尺码。

It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.

他要买鞋时，才想了起来。

"I forgot the measurement", said he.

他说：“我忘带尺码了。”

He went home to get it. But when he returned, the market had closed and he did not get his shoes after all.

他回家去取量好的尺码。等他赶回来时，市集已经关了，他还是没能买到鞋。

"Why didnt you try on the shoes with your feet?" He was asked.

有人问：“为什么不用你自己的脚去试一试鞋子呢?”

"Id rather trust the measurement than trust myself."

他说：“我宁愿相信尺码也不相信我自己的脚。”

指着鹿，说是马。比喻故意颠倒黑白，混淆是非。小编收集了指鹿为马的故事，欢迎阅读。

成语“指鹿为马”出自《史记·秦始皇本纪》。

秦始皇死后，秦二世登基，宰相赵高野心膨胀，阴谋篡夺皇位。可他拿不准朝廷中大臣有多少人能顺从他的意愿，又有多少人反对。于是他想了个办法，检验一下自己的威望，同时摸清有谁敢反对他。

一日上朝，赵高牵了一只鹿来到大殿上，对秦二世说：“臣有一匹好马献给皇上。”秦二世一看，这哪里是马，分明是鹿!便笑道：“丞相咋糊涂了，这是头鹿嘛!”但赵高却大声说：“皇上如果不相信我的话，可以问问众位大臣。”

站在下面的大臣们心想：明明是头鹿，硬要说成马，赵高又在搞什么名堂?而那些平时紧跟赵高的人则立即拥护赵高的说法，纷纷赞叹：“承相说得对，真是一匹好马啊!”也有敢说真话的表示不同意，但人数少，音量低。胆小怕事的人则不断倒向了赵高一边。于是殿堂之上，“好马”之声占据了绝对优势，弄得秦二世也动摇起来，反倒怀疑自己是否弄错了，竟也相信可能就是匹马。事后，敢于说鹿的大臣先后都被赵高用各种手段害死了。

这个故事流传下来，人们用“指鹿为马”比喻某些人依仗权势故意颠倒黑白，混淆视听，以达到自己不可告人的目的。而有的人则与之沆瀣一气，或趋炎附势，或慑于其淫威是非不分助桀为虐。

说这故事是发生在秦朝，但指鹿为马在我国历史上也一直存在。文革时期恶人当道冤狱遍地，便是指鹿为马达到了登峰造极。到现在，指鹿为马也没有绝迹，特别是有的官员，本该是明辨是非，主持公道，但在实际上却黑白不分，是非颠倒，岂不就是“指鹿为马”?

历史是过去，但历史永远没有过去。

new year party

on new year‘s eve，our class had a party. the atmosphere was good. it was out of the ordinary from the very begining. the boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. we saw a boy named li xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. then with three resounding（响亮的） crow of a cock echoing in the hall，the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

then，the representative of the bedroom zhu guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. he added that li xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken. they left us all in confusion. and it was our monitor who was quickwitted（机智的）。 he shouted our， “the day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn.” the hall after that，they had another item. this time li xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. while he was standing there，the other three stood around him，each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. it was an idiom. this time i got it right：“the dog stands out among a group of chickens.”

在除夕，我们班有一个聚会。气氛好。它是寻常从一开始。从一间卧室男生给一个不寻常的表现。我们看到名为李新民在突然关闭所有的灯单元一个男孩。然后用三个响亮的（响亮的）的回荡在大厅里鸡叫，大厅明亮又在瞬间点燃。

然后，卧室的朱国章代表要求我们猜测了有关上述情况的诗。他补充说，李新民单是出生在狗年，其他三个都在鸡年出生的。他们给我们留下了所有的混乱。它是我们的班长谁是quickwitted（机智的）。他喊我们，“天休息的鸡叫三在黎明倍。“大厅之后，他们还有另外一个项目。这一次李新民被放置在圆的中间。当他站在那里，其他三个人围着他站着，低头在每一个120度的角度下去见他。这是一个成语。这一次我得到了它的权利：“。狗中脱颖而出的鸡群！“

Hello! My name is Mingming. I am a pupil. I like speaking English very

much. I go to school five days every week. Every day I go to school on foot.

Because my school is not near my home. I like my school. There are about 3500

students and 54 teachers in my school. And I study in Grade 4. There are 45

students in my class. My English teacher is tall and handsome . I love him very

much. Welcome to my school. You must be very happy.

你好!我的名字叫明明。我是一个小学生。我非常喜欢说英语。我每周要去学校五天。我每天步行去上学。因为我的学校不是在我家附近。我喜欢我的学校。在我的学校里大约有3500名学生和54老师。我在四年级学习。在我的班级里有45个学生。我的英语老师又高又帅。我非常喜欢他。欢迎来到我的学校。你一定很开心。

The Spring Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history and splendid culture. And the Spring Festival many small rules superstition is that the man.

Everyone should know the Spring Festival is one of important thing is - is available. You dont look down upon this thing it is to have cultured. Able to use fruit cannot careless, for example, not all fruits are fit to worship ancestors and gods. To choose a good fruit. Such as: apple, go in peace, oranges, kumquat oh, oranges - horse. Like a pear, can not as a tribute because there are some who think the pear and "from" are homophones ghost word. So is not popular. There is a banana -. So some fruit can not be available.

Fruit is only part of the tribute and dumplings as a tribute must put cant alone in pairs. Put the sugar when it as a tribute for hard candy cant fudge. Because such sweet hard enough will not spread.

Able to have the red candle, touch paper, incense, and so on, but the most important thing is that touch paper, touch paper had been pressed to be real money to burn, and the head of the press, which may be felt more sincere.

Whether these are real or fake, but at least be ancestors had relished the reason why there must be it. The little common sense in the hope that the Spring Festival can let more after 80, 90 after they know the Spring Festival in our Chinese mind how important. If no taboo Spring Festival also means there is no so many people pay attention to it. Rules more can reflect the significance of the Spring Festival.

春节是中国人的重大节日。它有着悠久的历史和灿烂的文化底蕴。而春节的许多小规矩小迷信也那么那人探寻。

大家都应该知道春节很重要的一件事情就是——上供。大家可别小看了这件事情这可是有讲究的。例如，上供用的水果不能马虎，不是所有的水果都适合去供奉祖先和神灵的。要选着寓意好的水果。例如：苹果——平平安安，桔子——金桔满堂，橙子——心想事成。像梨，就不可以作为贡品因为有一部分人认为梨和“离”是同音别字。所以不受大家欢迎。还有就是香蕉——焦头烂额。所以有些水果不能上供。

水果只是一部分贡品还有就是饺子作为贡品一定要成双成对的放不能落单。把糖作为贡品上供的时候要放硬糖不能放软糖。因为这样的甜蜜够硬不会散。

上供还要有红烛，火纸，佛香等等，不过最重要的是火纸，火纸要被真钱压过才可以烧，而且要一家之主压，这可能是觉得更加真诚吧。

不管这些是真是假，但至少被老祖宗们津津乐道就一定有它的原因。希望这些春节中的小常识可以让更多的80后，90后们知道春节在我们中国人心目中有多么的举足轻重。如果春节没有任何禁忌那么也就代表没有那么多人关注它。规矩越多越能体现春节的重大意义。

导语：基本的演讲技巧即兴发言,如何张口就来?化解舞台恐惧,好的方法是?下面是yuwenmi小编为还在备考的同学整理的优秀演讲稿，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

If I Rest, I Rust

The significant inscription found on an old key - "If I rest, I rust." - would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.

在一把旧钥匙上发现了一则意义深远的铭文——如果我休息，我就会生锈。对于那些懒散而烦恼的人来说，这将是至理名言。甚至最为勤勉的人也以此作为警示:如果一个人有才能而不用，就像废弃钥匙上的铁一样，这些才能就会很快生锈，并最终无法完成安排给自己的工作。

Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gates that guard entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture-every department of human endeavor.

有些人想取得伟人所获得并保持的成就，他们就必须不断运用自身才能，以便开启知识的大门，即那些通往人类努力探求的各个领域的大门，这些领域包括各种职业:科学，艺术，文学，农业等。

Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in quarry had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist. The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his " moments to idleness. Had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, had allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside, instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never become a famous,astronomer.

勤奋使开启成功宝库的钥匙保持光亮。如果休·米勒在采石场劳作一天后，晚上的时光用来休息消遣的话，他就不会成为名垂青史的地质学家。著名数学家爱德蒙·斯通如果闲暇时无所事事，就不会出版数学词典，也不会发现开启数学之门的钥匙。如果苏格兰青年弗格森在山坡上放羊时，让他，那思维活跃的大脑处于休息状态，而不是借助一串珠子计算星星的位置，他就不会成为著名的天文学家。

Labor vanquish all-not inconstant, spasmodic or ill-directed labor; but faithful, unremitting daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, So is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.

劳动征服一切。这里所指的劳动不是断断续续的，间歇性的或方向偏差的劳动，而是坚定的，不懈的，方向正确的每日劳动。正如要想拥有自由就要时刻保持警惕一样，要想取得伟大的，持久的成功，就必须坚持不懈地努力。

Good Neighbours

We all have neighbours. A good neighbour is better than a distant relative. It is common that we may meet with difficulties.When we have igood neighbours, they will always come to help you. Neighbours should get on well with each other.

My neighbour has a daughter. We are of the same age but we don~t study in the same school. In the evening we always do homework together. She is good at maths and I am good at English. So we often help each other.

好邻居

我们都邻国。好邻居胜过远亲。这是共同的，我们可能会与遇到困难.当我们好邻居，他们将永远来帮助您。邻国应该在与对方。

我的邻居，有一个女儿。我们是同龄，我们在同一所学校。晚上我们总是一起做功课。她擅长数学，我很擅长英语。因此，我们经常互相帮助。

[我的邻居的英语作文及翻译

How happy I am. Yesterday I finished all the work very quick, so I have a

lot of time to do myself. Sometimes finish work early is a good thing, we can

have more interests to do the next work. Because of this, I write English dairy

eight in the morning. But I wrote it in the evening in the pass day. Everyone,

if you can finish the work quickly, not lazy, try your best.

我有多么的高兴，昨天我很快完成了所有的工作,所以我有很多时间用来自己分配。有时提前完成学习任务是件好事,我们会有更多的兴趣去做下一件事情。正因为如此,我写英语日记都是在早上八点。但在过去的晚上我还是要在晚上写。任何人,如果你能完成这项工作得很快,不要偷懒,尽自己最大的努力。

Today is father’s day， for so many years I’ve been seekig a way to express my heartfelt thanks for all you have done for me. Here comes it！

Thank you for always being there sharing my life when I need you most. Whenever I encounter difficulties， I never feel alone and vulnerable， because you will keep me on the right path. I’m blessed to have you.

Thank you for offering me education and teaching me how to be a man. You always inspire me not by words， but by what you have done！ Your efforts in the work， your loyalty to your friends， your responsibility for the family and your persistence in the life have already set me good examples in my own life.

Thank you for always appreciating my work， no matter how tiny it is！ You have made me realize that it’s capacity not scores that really counts.

Dad， I love you and I will love you forever！

今天是父亲节，这么多年我一直在探索用一种方式来表达我对你为我做衷心的感谢。现在知道了！

谢谢你总是在那里分享我的生活，当我最需要你。每当我遇到困难，我从来不觉得孤独和脆弱，因为你让我在正确的道路上。我很幸运有你。

谢谢你给我提供教育和教会我怎样做人。你总是激励我不是用语言，而是你做了什么！你在工作中的努力，你的忠诚给你的朋友，为您的家庭责任，在生活中你的持久已经设置好我的例子我自己的生活。

谢谢你一直欣赏我的作品，不管它是多么渺小！你让我意识到，这不是能力得分真正重要。

爸爸，我爱你，我会永远爱你！

My school is very beautiful. I like my school very much.

There is a big playground in my school and we often play sports on it .

My classroom is big and clean.

There are many books in the library.

I often read books here.

There are some music rooms and art rooms in the teaching building, too.

The teachers in my school are very kind .

The students are very polite and smart.

I am happy in my school.

我的学校很漂亮.我非常喜欢我的学校.

我的学校有一个大操场,我们经常在这做运动.

我的教室又大又干净.

图书馆里有许多书.

我经常在这里看书.

在教学楼里还有音乐室、美术室.

学校的老师都很好.

学生们非常聪明、有礼貌.

我在学校很高兴.

[关于我的学校的英语作文带翻译

相敬如宾

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was a high official

in the State of Jin. He once saw a farmer working in the field and his wife

bringing his lunch to him in a very respectful manner. He showed great interest

in the matter. He took the farmer back to Jin with him, and said to the King of

Jin, "Respect is a demonstration of virtue. If one is respectful, he must be

virtuous. We should educate our people with virtue." But the King asked, "His

father is guilty, is it wise to do so?" He replied, "Guan Zhong had been enemy

to the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke appointed Guan Zhong prime minister and

finally acnetplished his hegemony. Shun exiled Gun but promoted his son Yu. You

just make use of his strong points." At last, Duke Wen took his advice and put

the farmer in an important position.

Later, this idiom means a couple treats each other with respect like

guests.