坐井观天这个故事告诉我们什么道理

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坐井观天成语故事告诉我们什么道理

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Hi! 大家好哇!在明·吴承恩《西游记》第十六回“观音院僧谋宝贝 黑风山怪窃袈裟”中,老僧和唐僧有这样一段对话:

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老僧问:“老爷,东土到此,有多少路程?”

三藏道:“出长安边界,有五千余里;过两界山,收了一个小徒,一路来,行过西番哈咇国,经两个月,又有五六千里,才到了贵处。”

老僧道:“也有万里之遥了。我弟子虚度一生,山门也不曾出去,诚所谓坐井观天,樗朽之辈。”

三藏又问:“老院主高寿几何?”

老僧道:“痴长二百七十岁了。”

行者听见道:“这还是我万代孙儿哩?”

三藏瞅了他一眼道:“谨言!莫要不识高低冲撞人。”

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◎今天我们就来看看这个成语咋翻译:

“坐井观天”——出自唐·韩愈《原道》:“坐井而观天,曰天小者,非天小也。”

该成语意思是坐在井里看天,用来比喻眼界小、见识少。

◎按照其字面意思是这么翻译的:

"look at the sky from the bottom of a well."*

“从井底看天空。”

◎再来看看大佬们的翻译:

大佬1:

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.*

一个靠在墙上的盲人想象这里就是世界的边界。

大佬2:

Look at the world through the window.

透过窗户看世界。

大佬3:

See no further than one's nose.

看得距离不会超过鼻子(鼠目寸光)。

大佬4:

The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean.

井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。

大佬5:

Look at the sky through a bamboo tube and measure the sea with a calabash -- restricted in vision and shallow in understanding.

用管子看天空或用葫芦量海——视野有限,理解力浅(管窥蠡测)。

# 管窥蠡测(拼音:guǎn kuī lí cè)是一个成语,最早出自于西汉·东方朔《答客难》:“‘以管窥天,以蠡测海,以筵撞钟,’岂能通其条贯,考其文理,发其音声哉?”

# 管窥蠡测(蠡:瓠瓢)指竹孔中观天,所见有限;以瓢量海水,所得无几。比喻对事物观察了解狭窄片面。

◎总结一下上面翻译中的知识点*:

1. "well" n. 井;电梯井道

2. "lean against/on sth" v. 倚靠;靠在;靠置

A shovel was leaning against the wall.

一把铁铲靠墙放着。

坐井观天成语故事告诉我们什么道理

There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.

有一只青蛙住在井底,他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。

One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let’s have a talk.”

一天, 一只乌鸦飞到井边,看见青蛙,就对它说:“青蛙,咱们聊聊吧。”

Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?”

青蛙就问他:“你从哪里来?”

“I fly from the sky,” the crow says.

“我从天上上来。”乌鸦说。

The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?”

青蛙惊讶地说:“天空就只有这井口这么大,你怎么会从天上来? ”

The crow says, “The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.”

乌鸦说:“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里,所有不知道世界很大。”

The frog says, “I don’t believe.”

青蛙说:“我不相信。”

But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”

乌鸦说:“你可以出来,自己看看嘛。”

So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!

于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶,原来世界这么大!

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