小学四年级英语成语故事 3 篇 【篇一】小学四年级英语成语故事 玩 火 自 焚 ： 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.【篇二】小学四年级英语成语故事 滥竽充数： during the warring states period (475-221bc), the king of the state of qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. he often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music. the king treated his musician very well. a man named nanguo heard about that and he managed to become a member of the band, even though he wan not good at playing the instrument at all. whenever the band played for the king, nanguo just stood in the line and pretended to play. nobody realized he was making no sound at all. as a result, he enjoyed his treatment just as the other musician did. when the king died, his son became the new ruler who also liked the music played on the yu. however, he preferred solos so that he ordered the musicians to play the yu one by one. therefore, nanguo had to run out of the palace.【篇三】小学四年级英语成语故事 骑虎难下： Yan Jian was the regent(摄政王) of the last king of Northern Zhou(557-581). His wife advised him: “Northern Zhou is dying. Now it is as if you are riding on the back of a tiger. It will be dangerous to dismount(下马，下车) . You can do nothing but continue.” Yan Jian thought this quite reasonable. Later, he founded the Sui Dynasty, and united China once more. This idom is used as a metaphor meaning that one is in a difficult situation and cannot help but ontinue to pursue one’s sourse.
