访谈节目老友记 刘德华:成语故事:掩耳盗铃
春秋末期,晋国有个叫范吉射的人,家门口挂了一口大钟。在我国古代,钟和铃都是乐器。
一天,有个人到范吉射家里,见到门口的钟,想偷偷地把它背走。但是,钟太笨重了,他根本无法把它背走。后来,终于想出了一个办法:把钟敲碎了,分批拿回去。
于是,他找了一个铁锤,用力去敲钟。“当——”第一下敲上去,钟就发出洪亮悠长的响声;再敲下去,钟发出同样的响声。他想:“钟声一响,人家就知道我在这里敲钟。这样,钟就要被别人夺走,我也要被人抓住。”于是,他捂住自己的耳朵,这样钟声再响也听不见了,他想既然我离得这么近也听不见,其他人当然更听不见,就可以安全地将钟偷走了。
其实他非常愚蠢可笑:虽然他捂住了耳朵听不见钟声,但别人的耳朵没有被捂住,当然还会听见钟声。
后来,人们就把这个故事概括成“掩耳盗铃”这一成语,来比喻那些自以为是、自欺欺人的人。比如:“他以为把成绩单涂改了,妈妈就不会发现他不及格了,真是掩耳盗铃!”
现代版掩耳盗铃啊!!
Stealing a Bell with One's Ears Plugged
(A faulty logic)
During the last days of State of Fan (Chu Dynasty), there was a thief who came upon a bell. He wanted to steal it, but it was too heavy to cart away. So he decided to break the bell into pieces. When he hit the bell with the hammer, the bell rang loudly.
Not wanting others to hear the noises, he covered up his ears.
By logic, not wanting others to hear the noises is understandable.
To accomplish this by covering one's own ears, so one cannot hear himself, is absurd.
-LuShi ChunQiu
What is the moral of this story?
Have you heard a similar story in Western literature?
How about the ostrich burying its head in sand?
掩耳盗铃
Stealing a Bell with One's Ears Plugged
(A faulty logic)
During the last days of State of Fan (Chu Dynasty), there was a thief who came upon a bell. He wanted to steal it, but it was too heavy to cart away. So he decided to break the bell into pieces. When he hit the bell with the hammer, the bell rang loudly.
Not wanting others to hear the noises, he covered up his ears.
By logic, not wanting others to hear the noises is understandable.
To accomplish this by covering one's own ears, so one cannot hear himself, is absurd.
-LuShi ChunQiu
What is the moral of this story?
Have you heard a similar story in Western literature?
How about the ostrich burying its head in sand?
http://www.chinapage.com/story/bell.html
我也不知道是不是,大概啦。
Stealing a Bell with One's Ears Plugged
(A faulty logic)
During the last days of State of Fan (Chu Dynasty), there was a thief who came upon a bell. He wanted to steal it, but it was too heavy to cart away. So he decided to break the bell into pieces. When he hit the bell with the hammer, the bell rang loudly.
Not wanting others to hear the noises, he covered up his ears.
By logic, not wanting others to hear the noises is understandable.
To accomplish this by covering one's own ears, so one cannot hear himself, is absurd.
-LuShi ChunQiu
What is the moral of this story?
Have you heard a similar story in Western literature?
How about the ostrich burying its head in sand?
那是《掩耳盗钟》,不是《掩耳盗铃》!!!
掩耳盗铃:原为盗钟掩耳,为一中国成语,偷钟怕别人听见而捂住自己的耳朵,明明掩盖不住的事情偏要想法子掩盖,比喻自己欺骗自己,通常是比喻自欺欺人的意思。出自《吕氏春秋·自知》里的一则寓言故事,原文为盗钟,后来钟演变成为铃,掩耳盗钟反而不常用了。近义词:自欺欺人、弄巧成拙。
范氏逃亡的时候,有个人趁机偷了一口钟,想要背着它逃跑。但是,这口钟太大了,不好背,他就打算用锤子砸碎以后再背。谁知,刚砸了一下,那口钟就“咣”地发出了很大的响声。他生怕别人听到钟声,来把钟夺走了,就急忙把自己的两只耳朵紧紧捂住继续敲。害怕别人听到钟的声音,这是可以理解的;但捂住自己的耳朵就以为别人也听不到了,这就太荒谬了。
如果你问这个成语的英文的话,它是bury one' head in the sand ; play the ostrich.