Chinese Idiom 汉语成语 - 郑人买履
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[url=http://tcfl.tingroom.com/2014/01/1026.html]Chinese Idiom 郑人买履[/url]
从前，郑国有个人想买双鞋。他量好了自己脚的尺码，把它放在了椅子上。可当他赶往市集时，却忘了带量好的尺码。他要买鞋时，才想了起来。
他说：“我忘带尺码了。”
他回家去取量好的尺码。 等他赶回来时，市集已经关了，他还是没能买到鞋。
有人问：“为什么不用你自己的脚去量鞋子呢？”
他说：“我宁愿相信尺码也不相信我自己的脚。”(《韩非子》)[/td] [/tr]
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[tr] [td=1,1,200]履 shoe[/td] [td=1,1,200]量 measure[/td] [td=1,1,200]脚 foot[/td] [/tr]
[tr] [td]尺码 measurement[/td] [td]椅子 chair[/td] [td]市集 market[/td] [/tr]
[tr] [td]忘 forget[/td] [td]宁愿 would rather[/td] [td]相信 believe[/td] [/tr]
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[tr] [td]Buying shoes[/td] [/tr]
[tr] [td][img=174,190]http://xyz.tingroom.com/file/upload/201401/09/21-28-05-24-1.gif[/img] A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.
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[/size][/size]"I forgot the measurement",said he.
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[/size][/size]He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all.
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[/size][/size]"Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet? "
He was asked " I 'd rather trust the measurement han trust myself." (《Hanfeizi》)[/td][/tr]
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更多Chinese Idiom [url=http://tcfl.tingroom.com/basic/idiom/]对外汉语学习网-汉语成语[/url] He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all.;P
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