鸡口牛后 (雞口牛後)的成语故事
【注音】jī kǒu niú hòu【典故】臣闻鄙语曰:&lsquo宁为鸡口,无为牛后,今大王西面交臂而臣事秦,何以异于牛后乎?&rsquo 西汉·刘向《战国策·韩策》【释义】宁愿做小而洁的鸡嘴,而不愿做大而臭的牛 ...
【注音】jī kǒu niú hòu
【典故】臣闻鄙语曰:‘宁为鸡口,无为牛后,今大王西面交臂而臣事秦,何以异于牛后乎?’ 西汉·刘向《战国策·韩策》
【释义】宁愿做小而洁的鸡嘴,而不愿做大而臭的牛肛门。比喻宁在局面小的地方自主,不愿在局面大的地方听人支配。
【用法】作宾语、定语;指应作主动
【结构】联合式
【相近词】宁为鸡口,无为牛后
【押韵词】人烟辐辏、挑肥拣瘦、怡然养寿、枯骨生肉、折腰五斗、飞禽走兽、东挪西凑、因循守旧、附膻逐臭、古肥今瘠、......
【年代】古代
【英文】fowl's beak and ox buttocks
preferable to lead in petty position than to follow behind greater leader
it is better to be the bill of a chicken than the anus of an ox.
the king of a small country is preferable to a prime minister of an empire.
it is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
【成语故事】战国时期,苏秦来到韩国游说韩宣惠王抗秦,他说:“韩国地理位置优越,拥有最先进的弩机,士兵十分勇敢,可以一当面。如此强盛的国家却要向秦国称臣屈服让人耻笑,俗话说:‘宁可当鸡的嘴巴不要当牛的肛门。”宣惠王同意抗秦
【示例】他已经明白鸡口牛后的道理。
Warning: include(/www/wwwroot/reader8.com/data/cache_template/phpcms_analytics.tpl.php) [
function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
/www/wwwroot/reader8.com/data/cache_template/phpcms_show_dsrtyshow1_gushi.tpl.php on line
4
Warning: include() [
function.include]: Failed opening '/www/wwwroot/reader8.com/data/cache_template/phpcms_analytics.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='/www/wwwroot/reader8.com/include/') in
/www/wwwroot/reader8.com/data/cache_template/phpcms_show_dsrtyshow1_gushi.tpl.php on line
4