成語典故熟能生巧
從前有個(gè)叫陳康肅,號(hào)堯咨的人,箭術(shù)精良,舉世無雙。他因此心里非常的驕傲,常??湟约旱谋绢I(lǐng)?!肮?,哈,我的箭術(shù)沒人比得上。你們有誰愿意跟我比比看?。俊?/p>
“師父,您實(shí)在是太高明了,我們?cè)趺幢鹊蒙夏兀 薄笆前?,我們還要多跟您學(xué)習(xí),學(xué)習(xí)呢!師父你再表演一下,讓我們開開眼界嘛!”這些想從陳堯咨那兒學(xué)得箭術(shù)的年輕人,每天都說些恭維他的話,讓他開心。
有一天陳堯咨帶著徒弟在院子里練習(xí)射箭,有一個(gè)賣油的老翁正好走過,便停下來看。陳堯咨舉起了弓,搭上箭,一連發(fā)出十枝箭,每支箭都正中紅心。徒弟們?cè)谂赃吪氖纸泻?,陳堯咨也很神氣的?duì)老翁說:“你看怎么樣?”那個(gè)老翁只是微微點(diǎn)頭,并不叫好。
陳堯咨心里很不舒服,不客氣的問他:“喂,你這個(gè)老頭也會(huì)射箭嗎?”“不會(huì)?!薄澳敲词俏业募涞貌缓脝幔俊薄昂檬呛?,不過,這只是一平常的技術(shù)罷了,并沒有什么了不起?!薄袄项^兒,你說的是什么話?竟然這樣悔辱我們師父。你知不知道我們師父的箭術(shù),沒人能比得上。你簡直太看不起人了?!?/p>
“年輕人,你先別生氣,我說的是真話。你的箭術(shù)的確平常的很,沒什么值得夸贊的?!薄袄项^兒,聽你這么說好象很內(nèi)行,那你就露兩手給我們瞧瞧。不服氣就比畫比畫。光說不練你有個(gè)什么用!”“小兄弟,這射箭的本領(lǐng)我可沒有,不過讓我倒油給你們看看?!薄暗褂停@還用得著你這個(gè)老頭來表演嗎?倒油誰不會(huì)?別開玩笑??!”“你們還是看了再說吧?!?/p>
老翁說完,就拿了一個(gè)葫蘆放在地上,又在葫蘆口上面放了一枚有孔的銅錢。然后舀了一杓油,眼睛看準(zhǔn)了,油杓輕輕一歪,那些油就像一條細(xì)細(xì)的黃線,筆直的從錢孔流入葫蘆里。倒完之后,油一點(diǎn)兒也沒沾到銅錢。
老翁很謙虛的向陳堯咨說:“這也是一種平常的技術(shù)罷了,也就是熟能生巧的道理??!”陳堯咨聽了十分慚愧,從此更加努力的練習(xí)射箭,再也不夸耀自己的箭術(shù)。后來他的人品和箭術(shù)一樣好。
Practice makes perfect
During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer.One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground.He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with excitement.He became very proud of his skill.But among the crowd an old oil peddler only nodded his head indifferently.This hurt his Pride.“Can you do this?” he asked the old oil peddler.“No, I can't.”
“What do you think of my skill?”
“Just OK, but nothing special.You've gained your accuracy from persistent practice.That's all.”
“What can you do, then?”
The old man said nothing.He put a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a copper coin.He then scooped out a ladle of oil from his big jar, held it high and began to fill the bottle.Now, a thread of oil came down from the ladle into the bottle just through the hole of the coin.Everybody looking on watched with amazement.But the old man said, “This is nothing special, I can do this because I have practiced it a lot.” And with these words, he left.Later, people use this phrase to mean “Practice makes perfect”.熟能生巧
北宋時(shí)期,有個(gè)技藝高超的射手。有一天,他在訓(xùn)練場(chǎng)上練習(xí)射箭,引來了一大群人觀看,大家都稱贊他的技藝,他感到非常驕傲。但他發(fā)現(xiàn)人群中有個(gè)賣油翁 只是淡淡的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭,這使得他很不高興。
他就問那老頭:“你會(huì)射箭嗎?”
“不會(huì)。”
“你認(rèn)為我的技術(shù)如何?”
“一般。沒什么特別的,你只能對(duì)付固定的東西,僅此而已?!?/p>
“你會(huì)干什么?”
這個(gè)老頭沒有回答。他把一個(gè)葫蘆放在地上,接著把一枚銅錢放在瓶口。然后從他的大油壺里舀起一勺油。從高處往放在地上的葫蘆里倒。只見那油就像線一樣 從銅錢中間的小洞里滴下去,一滴都沒有漏出來。圍觀者都驚呆了。而這個(gè)賣油翁卻說:“其實(shí)沒什么大不了的,只不過是天天練的結(jié)果?!闭f完,他就離開了。
后來,人們用這個(gè)成語來表示熟練了就能作得好。