I am a student in China now. My name is Kelly Smith. I live with my parents, two sisters and a brother in Beijing. My parents teach English in No. 6 Middle School. I stu...
American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even wat...
【成语来源】 try to help the Shoots grow by pulling them upward/spoil?things by excessive enthusiasm 拔苗助长 There once was an impatient farmer who lived during the Son...
【成语来源】 The affair of the east window is exposed./The cat is out of the bag. 东窗事发 During the final years of the Song dynasty (s ng ch o 宋朝), China was invaded...
【成语来源】 To draw a cake to satisfy hunger 画饼充饥 Lu Yu lived in the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms periods.?He was orphaned at the age of ten. 三国时代,...
【成语来源】 laugh out of the other side of your mouth 乐极生悲 Chunyu Kun (淳于髡) lived in the state of Qi (齐国) during the Warring States Period (战国,475-221 BC).He...
【成语来源】 to win a war with words 纸上谈兵 In the Warring States Period (战国), the State of Zhao (赵国) had a famous general called Zhao She, whose son, Zhao Kuo, wa...
【成语来源】 to win a war with words 纸上谈兵 In the Warring States Period (战国), the State of Zhao (赵国) had a famous general called Zhao She, whose son, Zhao Kuo, wa...
【成语来源】 to contradict oneself 自相矛盾 A man of the state of Chu (chǔ gu 楚国) had a spear and a shield for sale.? 楚国有个卖兵器的人,在市场上卖矛和盾。 He was l...
【成语来源】 show off before an expert/teach a fish how to swim 班门弄斧 Lu Ban (鲁班) was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技...
【成语来源】 The well of inspiration has dried up.Creative well has dried up. 江郎才尽 Jiang Yan lived during the Liang dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties Pe...
【成语来源】 within an ace of winning 功亏一篑 Once a man planned to build a terrace. 古时,有一个人要筑一座九仞(八尺=一仞)高的山。 He worked very hard and spent a lot...
【成语来源】 without loophole 天衣无缝 Long ago, there lived a man named Guo Han. 从前, 有一个叫郭翰的人。 It was a hot summer.? He couldn t fall asleep in his bedroom,...
【成语来源】 a drop in the bucket 九牛一毛 Li Ling was a great general during the time of emperor Han Wu-di (h n wǔ d 汉武帝). He was a very good fighter, and he won ev...
【成语来源】 to add insult to injury/to add fuel to the fire 抱薪救火 In the last years of the Warring States period (战国, 475-221BC), the State of Qin (秦国) attacked ...