Chinese idioms: Tian Ji horse racing
nº 24: Institut Confuci | 1 may 2014
In this issue we tell the story of ‘Tian Ji horse racing’ that gives rise to the expression: ‘Tián jì sài mă’. This idiom conveys the idea that we must take advantage of our own benefits to face them against enemy weaknesses. This story is widely known in Chinese history by the remote application of the game theory in mathematics.
Chinese idioms 2: The old man who lost his horse
nº 23: Institut Confuci | 1 march 2014
In this issue we tell the story of ‘The old man who lost his horse’ that gives rise to the expression: ‘Why might this not be a fortunate thing?’ or ‘every cloud has a silver lining’, because a loss could result in a gain and also under certain circumstances or conditions, bad things can finish well and good ones end badly.
Chinese idioms: Old horse knows the way
nº 22: Institut Confuci | 1 january 2014
In the linguistic field, we focus on the expressions of language (with its many idioms and sayings that conventional wisdom has perpetuated), especially the ancient Chinese proverbs about the horse.
Chinese idioms: To dot the i 's and cross the t 's
nº21: Institut Confuci | 1 november 2013
The original meaning of this saying intended to describe the wonderful painting by Zhang Sengyou. Then, the meaning acquired was: ‘to bring life to a painted dragon adding the pupils of the eyes’, i.e., to give the final touch to something, or to dot the i 's and cross the t 's.
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