中英講解漢語成語玩火自焚

導語:玩火自焚是指玩火的必定會燒了自己。比喻幹冒險或害人的勾當,最後受害的還是自己。下面YJBYS小編講解漢語成語玩火自焚,歡迎參考!

中英講解漢語成語玩火自焚
  Whoever Plays With Fire Will Get Burnt

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), prince Zhou Xu of the State of Wei killed his brother and became the new emperor. Zhou Xu was a tyrant. He oppressed his people and indulged in wars of aggression. By launching wars, he tried to divert the people's attention and reduce their discontent with him in order to consolidate his dictatorship.

The Duke of the State of Lu leant about Zhou Xu's usurpation of state power and his ambitious plan, he asked a senior official, "What do you think about Zhou Xu's move? "The official answered, "He indulges in wars , bringing his people much disaster. He won't get their support. And he's capricious, so few of his close friends follow him. He can never achieve his success. In addition, war is like fire. If one launches wars endlessly without restraint, he'll eventually burn himself. "

Sure enough, the people of Wei with the help of the State of Chen overthrew Zhou Xu and killed him in less than a year.

Later, people use it to mean that those who do evil will finally ruin themselves

  Key words 重點詞彙

暴君 tyrant 壓迫 oppress 專政 dictatorship

篡奪 usurpation 災難 disaster 親信 close friends

無休止地 endlessly 勾當 evil

  Translation 譯文

春秋時期,衛國的王子州籲殺死了他的哥哥衛桓公,成爲了衛國的國君。州籲是個暴君,他壓迫百姓,到處侵略別的國家。他想利用戰爭來分散百姓的注意力,減少人們對他的不滿,鞏固他的專政。

魯國的`君王知道州籲篡奪了王位,還想吞併其他國家,就問他手下的一名官員:“你認爲州籲的目的能達到嗎?”那位官員說道:“州籲到處打仗,給人民來了災難。人民不會支持他。他這個人又反覆無常,身邊沒有什麼親信。他不可能實現自己的野心。而且,戰爭就象火。無休止地打仗,最後,火會燒到自己身上。”

果然,不到一年,衛國人民就在陳國的幫助下推翻了州籲的統治,並處死了他。

後來,人們用這個成語來比喻幹害人的勾當,最後受害的還是自己