The Donkey of Guizhou Has Exhausted Its Tricks | 黔驴技穷
A tiger initially fears a strange donkey but discovers its only trick is kicking. The idiom means...
The Ointment for Chapped Hands | 不龟手之药
A Song man sells his family recipe for an anti-chap ointment to a merchant. The merchant leverage...
Resolution Through Love | 以爱化解
A young man trained in martial arts prepares to violently confront a drunk, aggressive laborer on...
The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
Showing Off Axe Skills Before Lu Ban | 班门弄斧
This idiom, derived from the legend of master carpenter Lu Ban, criticizes the folly of displayin...
Right Beside You | 在你身边
A newly blind woman, Susan, regains independence with the patient support of her husband Mark, wh...
Paper Becomes Precious in Luoyang | 洛阳纸贵
The idiom 'Paper becomes precious in Luoyang' originates from the story of Jin Dynasty writer Zuo...
The Coffee Shop Ghost | 咖啡馆幽灵
A coffee shop owner in Southern Indiana recounts a series of eerie events in his newly purchased ...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来者居上
This story recounts how the idiom 'the latecomers surpass the old-timers' originated from Ji An's...
Actual Stupid Questions Asked | 法庭上的真实愚蠢提问
A collection of absurd and logically flawed questions posed by attorneys during real court procee...
How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter | 隐士如何助人赢得公主
A kind-hearted youngest son, aided by a hermit and a crew of men with magical talents, completes ...
Meng Jiangnu's Lament | 孟姜女哭长城
A Qin Dynasty legend tells of Meng Jiangnu, whose husband died building the Great Wall. Her profo...
Beyond Cure | 病入膏肓
This story recounts how Duke Jing of Jin dreamed his illness was untreatable, which was later con...
The Plum Dies for the Peach | 李代桃僵
This idiom, derived from a folk song, uses the metaphor of a plum tree sacrificing itself for a p...
The Lost Hatchet | 疑人偷斧
A villager, convinced his neighbor's son stole his hatchet, interprets all the boy's actions as g...
How Kangaroo Got His Tail | 袋鼠如何得到尾巴
A tale of friendship turned to rivalry between a kangaroo and a wombat. Their disagreement over w...
The Man Who Choked | 因噎废食
A man who ate ravenously choked to death on a fishbone. In a misguided response, someone banned e...
The Special Crab | 与众不同的螃蟹
A female crab is impressed when a suitor walks straight, not sideways, and quickly marries him. T...
The Greatest Is Love | 最伟大的是爱
A mother's frustrating day, filled with household mishaps and anger towards her family, is transf...
The Hungry Wolf | 饥饿的狼
A hungry wolf finds and eats a woodcutter's lunch hidden in a tree hole, but becomes stuck due to...
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