中国成语英文故事带中文翻译

　　上小学的时候，是我们学习成语最多的时候了，在之后的年级里，如果我们自己不主动学习的话，基本上能够学到的成语是比较少的。今天为大家奉上中国成语英文故事，时间难得，何不深入了解一下让自己的收获更多呢?

　　中国成语英文故事(一)

　　梁上君子

　　In the Eastern Han Dynasty (东汉), there was a man named Chen Shi (陈寔) .

　　在东汉初年，有个人叫陈寔。

　　One day, a thief slippedinto his living-room. Hiding behind the beam, the thief waited for Chen Shi to fall asleep.

　　有一天，一个小贼溜进了他的房间，躲在房梁上等着陈寔去睡觉再下手。

　　Chen Shi, finding the thief, called his family together, saying, "To be a uprightman one must have aspirations. Men are not born evil. But if one gets used to doing evil things, it will be hard to reform. The gentleman above the beamis such a man."

　　陈寔发现了小偷，把他的家人都召集在一起，说：“人不可以不自强。人不是天生就坏的，坏习惯往往是由不注意自身品性修养所致的。咱家房梁上这个人就是这样。”

　　The thief, hearing this, hurriedlyjumped down and knelt on the ground to beg forgiveness.

　　小偷听到这话，从房梁上跳到地上，跪在陈寔面前，请求原谅，决心做个有用的人。

　　This idiom is used to refer to a thief.

　　这个成语用来比喻小偷。

　　中国成语英文故事(二)

　　Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well

　　坐井观天

　　There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.

　　有一只青蛙住在井底，他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。

　　One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let’s have a talk.”

　　一天， 一只乌鸦飞到井边，看见青蛙，就对它说：“青蛙，咱们聊聊吧。”

　　Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?”

　　青蛙就问他：“你从哪里来?”

　　“I fly from the sky,” the crow says.

　　“我从天上上来。”乌鸦说。

　　The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?”

　　青蛙惊讶地说：“天空就只有这井口这么大，你怎么会从天上来? ”

　　The crow says, “The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.”

　　乌鸦说：“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里，所有不知道世界很大。”

　　The frog says, “I don’t believe.”

　　青蛙说：“我不相信。”

　　But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”

　　乌鸦说：“你可以出来，自己看看嘛。”

　　So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!

　　于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶，原来世界这么大!