Language and technology 2

Question 1

画蛇添足
shétiānzú

Answer 1

画蛇添足比喻因为做了多余的事情，反而弄巧成拙、让事情 变糟。 “画蛇添足” literally means drawing a snake and adding feet to it. The idiom refers to spoiling things by doing something unnecessary.

Question 2

Play the Tune to a Cow
对牛弹琴

Answer 2

对牛弹琴比喻试图和不讲道理的人理论。也可以讽刺那 些不看对象是谁就大发言论的人。It is also used ironically to refer to those who talk without noticing who their audience is.

Question 3

Mend the Fold After a Sheep Is Lost
wángyángbǔláo亡羊补牢

Answer 3

羊丢失了之后再去修羊圈，还不算晚。比喻人们一旦犯 了错误，立即改正，就能减少错误。As long as we seek to remedy what we have done wrong, we’ll be able to avoid similar mistakes in the future.

Question 4

病入膏肓(The disease Has Attacked the Vitals)

Answer 4

The idiom indicates a hopeless condition.

Question 5

对症下药

Answer 5

It is to prescribe a medicine specific to the illness. Later, it was used as a metaphor to find specific ways to solve each individual problem.

Question 6

To Bring the Dying Back to Life
( 起死回生)

Answer 6

people used the idiom to praise the excellent skill of a doctor.起死回生用来指很精通医术的医生。

Question 7

毛遂自荐

Answer 7

毛遂自荐”比喻自告奋勇，自己推荐自己担任某项 工作。毛遂自荐” means one who voluntarily offers to undertake a certain task.

Question 8

名落孙山

Answer 8

名落孙山是名字落在榜末孙山的后面，指考试或选拔没有被录取。

Question 9

朝三暮四

Answer 9

Meaning: To keep changing one’s attitude or opinions. * 朝三暮四后用来比喻常常变卦，反复无常。

Question 10

The Old Frontiersman Loses a Horse
塞翁失马

Answer 10

Meaning: A misfortune may turn into something positive while good luck may lead to a misfortune.

Question 11

一厢情愿Only One Side is Willing

Answer 11

people used this phrase to describe the man who only considers his own aspirations, ignoring the objective situation and others‘ opinions.比喻一个人只顾 自己的想法，不管当时的客观情况，也不理会别人的看 法。

Question 12

How old Chinese Characters？

Answer 12

more than3,000 years old