An Interesting Chinese Language Idiom Story

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At present, in china the development is more and more fast which is prompting more and more people to learn Chinese. Whether you will learn mandarin online or learn by yourself or on the Chinese lesson, learning Chinese is very important.

By the Chinese idiom story I will let you know, learning Chinese language is very interesting. You should like the Chinese and not feel hard to hate it.
About this story is to draw a cake to satisfy hunger. Lu Yu lived in the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms periods. He was orphaned at the age of ten. So he undertook the task of supporting his sister-in-law and nephew through a period of extreme hardship. Meanwhile, he also studied hard. He was praised all around for his noble deeds and depth of knowledge.

Later he became an official and still worked hard and put forth valuable advice to the emperor, so the emperor placed great trust in him. At that time, the selection process of government officials depended on the recommendation of powerful and influential men. These men would always recommend famous persons who were all mouth and no action which displeased the ...
... emperor.

One time, the emperor asked Lu Yu to recommend an official and said to him: "the selection of government officials should not rely solely on one's fame which is just like a cake drawn on the ground, while it may be good to look at it does not satisfy one's hunger." This story gave rise to the idiom "draw a cake to satisfy hunger. ".

Now it is used to describe someone who uses fantasy to satisfy oneself and means that empty reputation is of no practical value.

The Chinese idioms do you understand? Do you still feel that Chinese is boring and very difficult to learn? Maybe you can learn mandarin online and it has so much information. You can also learn it by Chinese lesson and it has teacher to teach you.
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