如果你学汉语的时间不短了，那你一定学过几个“成语“。

If you have learned Chinese for long time, you must know that we we have a lot of "成语" in Chinese expressions.

成语(Chengyu)是一种传统的汉语惯用语表达，通常由四个字符组成。它在文言文中被广泛使用，如今在白话文和口语中仍然很常见。

Chinese Chengyu (成语) is a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expression, or simply ‘Chinese idioms’ in Chinese language learning, typically consisting of four characters. It is widely used in Classical Chinese and is still common in vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language today.

今天，我们就来学习几个关于动物成语。

Today, we will learn some idioms about animals.

画蛇添足

Drawing a Snake and Adding Legs To It

Vocabulary

现在，成语“画蛇添足”的意思是你在做不必要的工作，实际上是在破坏你的成果。

Nowadays, the chengyu “adding feet to a snake” means that you are doing unnecessary work that is actually ruining your result.
 

狗急跳墙

A Nervous Dog Jumps Over the Wall

Vocabulary

表面上看，这句话很有道理，但它的真正含义可能并不完全符合你的第一印象。这是成语描述的一种倾向，当紧急情况发生时，他们会有令人惊讶的能力。事实上，有时这句话被翻译成“走投无路的狗也能跳篱笆”，确实强调了情况的紧迫性。

While it may make sense on the surface, the true meaning of this chengyu may not perfectly match your first impression. This Chengyu describes the tendency to have surprising abilities when an emergency strikes. In fact, sometimes this chengyu is translated as “a dog can jump fences when cornered,” really stressing the urgent nature of the situation.

如虎添翼

Like adding wings to a tiger

Vocabulary

那么，给老虎添翅膀是什么意思呢?“虎”指的是大而有力的东西。所以，给老虎添翅膀，就是把本来就很强大的东西，比如老虎，再把它变得更强大。这可以比喻给已经非常强大的人或事增加力量。

Now, what does it mean to add wings to a tiger? As you can tell from other chengyus, the tiger always refers to something great and powerful. Therefore, adding wings to a tiger, means taking something that was already powerful, like a tiger, and make it even more so. This can be applied as adding force to something or someone that is already very powerful.

nǐ xué huì le me?

你学会了吗?

你还知道其他关于动物的成语么?

Do you know any other idioms about animals?

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