1.小學(xué)生英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事 篇一
At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged（包圍） at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was in a desperate situation, with little food and only a few soliders. At night, the surrounding Han troops started to sing Chu folk songs. Xiang Yu was very surprised at this, and said:"Has Liu Bang occupied the whole of Chu? How can he have drafted so many Chu people into his army?" Then he fled together with the remainder of his forces.
This idiom is used metaphorically to mean to be in a helpless and critical situation, surrounded by the enemy on all sides.
2.小學(xué)生英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事 篇二
In the Three Kingdoms Period, during a battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the latter ordered his generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to capture Cao Cao’s supplies.
Cao Cao led a large force against Zhao Yun, who retreated as fas as the gates of his camp.
There, he ordered that the banners be lowered and the war drums silenced, and that the camp gates be left wide open.
Zhao Yun then stationed his troops in ambush nearly. When Cao Cao arrived and saw the situation, he immediately suspected a trap and withdrew his forces.
This idiom is nowadays used to indicate metaphorically halting an attack or ceasing all activities.
3.小學(xué)生英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事 篇三
in the northern and southern dynasties when the state of chen (a.d. 557-589) was facing its demise(死亡，終止) , xu deyan, husband of the princess, broke a bronze mirror into halves.
each of them kept a half as tokens in case they were separated. soon afterwards, they did lose touch with each other, but the two halves of the mirror enabled them to be reunited.
this idiom is used to refer to the reunion of a couple after they lose touch or break up.
4.小學(xué)生英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事 篇四
during the warring states period (475-221bc), the king of the state of qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. he often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music.
the king treated his musician very well. a man named nanguo heard about that and he managed to become a member of the band, even though he wan not good at playing the instrument at all.
whenever the band played for the king, nanguo just stood in the line and pretended to play. nobody realized he was making no sound at all.
as a result, he enjoyed his treatment just as the other musician did. when the king died, his son became the new ruler who also liked the music played on the yu.
however, he preferred solos so that he ordered the musicians to play the yu one by one. therefore, nanguo had to run out of the palace.
5.小學(xué)生英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事 篇五
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him.
Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
