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[quote=ZOEY,258147]No.1 黔驴技穷 (Qian 2 Lv 2 Ji 4 Qiong 2) It means " The Guizhou Donkey has exhausted its tricks---at one's wit's end or at the end of one's rope."

History: It is said that there was no donkey in Guizhou Province. One day, a merchant brought back a donkey from other province. However, he could do nothing with his donkey due to Guizhou's landform----mountains were everywhere so that he tied the donkey at the foot of the mountain and let it grazing green weeds. Some days later, a tiger went down from the mountain and was frightened by the donkey since he never saw a donkey before. The tiger was looking at the donkey for a whole day, hiding himself in the bushes. Finally, he concluded that the donkey was ordinary, not a cruel creature. On the second day, the tiger decided to make a close observation on the donkey. When the tiger was approaching him, the donkey heehawed loudly. The tiger was frightened and ran away immediately. Running for a while, he found that the donkey did not follow him so that he came back again.

Gradually, the tiger got used to donkey's heehaw and got close to him. He teased the donkey using his claws. The donkey was very angry and kicked the tiger with his hind legs. But the tiger dodged away. The tiger felt quite happy and said to himself:" The donkey can't do any harm to him and only can kick others with his hind legs." Then he rushed at the donkey, bit him to death and enjoyed the donkey as his feast.[/quote]

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