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Learn Chinese IdiomsAmazing the World with a Single Feat
This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from
obscurity and reach a great achievement.
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战guó 国shí 时dài 代 ，jì 齐wēi 威wáng 王jí 即wèi 位hòu 后zuò 做le 了sān 三nián 年guó 国jūn 君 ，zhī 只gù 顾xiǎng 享lè 乐 ，bú 不lǐ 理zhèng 政shì 事 。yǒu 有gě 个shàn 善yú 于shuì 说xiào 笑huà 话de 的rén 人jiào 叫chún 淳yú 于kūn 髡 ，yī 一tiān 天duì 对jì 齐wēi 威wáng 王shuì 说 ： “chéng 城lǐ 里yǒu 有yī 一zhī 只dà 大diǎo 鸟 ，sān 三nián 年bú 不fēi 飞yě 也bú 不jiào 叫 ，nǐ 你zhī 知dào 道zhè 这shì 是shén 什ma 么dào 道lǐ 理 ？ ”jì 齐wēi 威wáng 王shuì 说 ： “zhè 这diǎo 鸟bú 不fēi 飞zé 则bà 罢 ，yī 一fēi 飞jiù 就chōng 冲tiān 天 ；bú 不míng 鸣zé 则bà 罢 ，yī 一míng 鸣jiù 就jīng 惊rén 人 。 ”zài 在chún 淳yú 于kūn 髡de 的jī 激fā 发xià 下 ，jì 齐wēi 威wáng 王kāi 开shǐ 始zhì 治lǐ 理guó 国jiā 家 ，qǔ 取dé 得hěn 很dà 大chéng 成jī 绩 ，jì 齐guó 国de 的shēng 声wēi 威yī 一zhí 直bǎo 保chí 持le 了jī 几shí 十nián 年 。
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In the Warring States Period, Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for
the first three years of his reign, addicted himself to dissipation.
One of his ministers, Chun Yukun, who had a good sense of humour, said to
him: 'There is a big bird which has neither taken wing nor sung for three
years. Do you why it is so?' The duke answered, 'Once that bird starts to
fly and sing, it will astonish the world.' Inspired byChun Yukun, the duke
thereupon devoted himself to managing the affairs of his nation and built
his state up into a powerful one.