投鼠忌器
投鼠忌器读音为 tóu shǔ jì qì。意思是:投:用东西去掷;忌:怕,有所顾虑。想用东西打老鼠,又怕打坏了近旁的器物。比喻做事有顾忌,不敢放手干。[throw something at a rat,but afraid to break the vase;caution in taking action;burn not your house to rid it of the mouse;spare the rat to save the dishes;those who live in grass house should not throw st
拼音tóu shǔ jì qì
注音ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ
英语lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom), to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
德语Das Kind nicht mit dem Bade ausschütten , Nicht nach der Ratte werfen, wenn Geschirr in der Nähe ist
国语辞典解释
- 想掷打老鼠,却担心老鼠身旁的器物被击坏而不敢下手。语本《汉书.卷四八.贾谊传》:「里谚曰:『欲投鼠而忌器。』此善谕也。鼠近于器,尚惮不投,恐伤其器,况于贵臣之近主乎!」后比喻做事有所顾忌,不敢下手。《三国演义.第二○回》:「云长问玄德曰:『操贼欺君罔上,我欲杀之,为国除害,兄何止我?』玄德曰:『投鼠忌器』。」也作「投鼠之忌」、「掷鼠忌器」。