歧路亡羊 (qí lù wáng yáng) |
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One neighbor of Yang Zi (yáng zí 杨子), a famous scholar lost a sheep. He asked all his relatives , friends as well as all his servant for help. Yang Zi asked, "Why do you send so many people out just for one lost sheep?" On hearing this, Yang Zi became silent. His student did not understand what the teacher was pondering. He passed the question to Xin Du Zi, a friend of Yang Zi. Xin Du Zi replied, "Your tutor is worrying about your study. What have happened reminds him of the difficulty of learning and researching. He thinks that if you fail to find the right orientation and method of study, you can accomplish nothing, just like those people trying to find the lost sheep." The idiom is used to show that when confronted with so many choices and complicated things, one who seeks truth is likely to get loss or go astray without a correct method. 学者杨子的邻居丢了一只羊,叫了亲戚朋友又请了杨子的仆人一起去找羊。 这个成语用来形容事情复杂多变,没有正确的方向,人们很容易迷失或偏离正道,找不到真理。 歧路亡羊 (qí lù wáng yáng)
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