The Three Types of Bras | 胸罩的三种类型
A man shopping for a bra is humorously told there are only three types: Catholic, Salvation Army,...
The Three Languages | 三种语言
A count's son, deemed foolish for learning only the languages of dogs, birds, and frogs, is cast ...
The Willow-Wren and the Bear | 鹪鹩与熊
A bear insults the young of the Willow-Wren, the King of Birds, sparking a war between all four-l...
Class Action Down South | 南方集体诉讼
A man from the South humorously asks his lawyer if he can sue a beer company for the unattractive...
Leaping from the Furnace | 跳出八卦炉
The Monkey King, captured after causing chaos in Heaven, proves invulnerable to execution. Thrown...
Lower the Banners and Silence the Drums | 偃旗息鼓
This idiom originates from a Three Kingdoms stratagem where Zhao Yun feigned weakness to lure Cao...
The Ghost-Fearing Man of Chu | 楚人畏鬼
A thief exploits a man's intense fear of ghosts by imitating ghostly sounds, then robs him. Even ...
A Handful of Clay | 一捧泥土
A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh process of shaping and firing, only ...
Powell Wows Diplomats With Song | 鲍威尔一展歌喉 技惊外交官
At the 2002 Asia-Pacific security meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell surprised fellow ...
The Millet Dream | 一枕黄粱
A Tang Dynasty scholar's brief nap, induced by a magical pillow, encompasses a lifetime of glory,...
Laughing Matter | 笑对人生——她用幽默抗击癌症创伤
Bonnie Southcott, diagnosed with ovarian cancer while pregnant, turned to humor as therapy. She c...
A Useful Lesson | 一堂有用的课
A father takes his son to a bar for his 18th birthday to teach him about drinking limits, but the...
Four Minus Four | 四减四等于几
A teacher uses a vivid analogy of coins falling through a hole to explain subtraction, but the st...
The Hunchback Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius encounters a hunchbacked man who demonstrates extraordinary skill at catching cicadas. ...
Reading by Firefly Light | 映雪囊萤
The story of Che Yin, who used fireflies as a lamp to study due to poverty, exemplifies persevera...
The Skull's Dream | 髑髅之梦
Zhuangzi dreams of a skull that extols the freedom and eternal peace of death, rejecting any noti...
The Chu Man and the Boat | 楚人操舟
A Chu man, after learning basic boat steering in calm waters, overconfidently dismisses his teach...
The Eagle, the Jackdaw and the Shepherd | 鹰、寒鸦与牧羊人
A jackdaw, seeing an eagle successfully carry off a lamb, attempts to do the same but ends up tra...
The Wolf and the Jackal | 狼狈为奸
A wolf and a jackal collaborate, using their complementary physical traits to overcome a high wal...
Forever Love | 永恒之爱
A story of unrequited devotion where a girl's promise of eternal love endures despite betrayal an...
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