一鳴驚人
一鳴驚人
戰國時期，有一個大臣叫淳于髡，他身材矮小，但非常有頭腦，齊威王繼承王位已有三年了，可是他整天飲酒作樂，不理朝政。于是淳于髡想了個激勵齊威王的辦法。他說：“大王，臣聽說齊國有一只大鳥，三年來不飛也不叫，大王知道這是一只什么鳥？”齊威王知道淳于髡在暗喻自己，不由得大笑起來。笑過一陣后，他才說：“此鳥不飛則已，一飛沖天；不鳴則已，一鳴驚人！”從此齊威王勤于朝政，勵精圖治，國威大振。
成語“一鳴驚人”比喻平時默默無聞，突然干出一番驚人的事來。
Amazing the World with a Single Feat
the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 戰國), Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation. One of his minister, Chun Yukun (chún yú kūn)who had a good sense of humor, said to him:”There is a big bird which has neigher taken wing nor sung for three years.” The duke answered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world.” The duke thereupon devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.
This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from obscurity and achieve greatness.
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