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Chinese Idiom Stories 1:Suspected adjacent stolen ax(疑邻盗斧 ) As you know, Chinese has many idioms, many of them have allusions. Today, i'll recommend you a story about "Suspected adjacent stolen ax". Once upon a time, there was a peasant. He lost an ax. He thought the neighbor's son stole it, so the peasant began to pay attention to what the man did, where he went and what he said . The more the peasant listened and watched, the more he suspected. Later, the peasant found his ax in a valley. It turned out that he went up the hill to cut wood and lost it in the valley carelessly. After he found his ax, he thought the neighbor's son not like a thief on his words and deeds. so suspected adjacent stolen ax(疑邻盗斧 ) express those who careless suspicion on someone without any evidence.
Dec 7, 2015 7:36 AM
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Thank my dear freind Kin for correcting my entry. As you know, Chinese has many idioms, many of them express a meaning through a story. I want to tell you the story of one of those idioms: The suspected "adjacent" stolen axe. Once upon a time, there was a peasant. He lost an axe. He thought that the neighbor's son stole it, so the peasant began to pay attention to what the neighbour's son did. The more peasants he listened and watched, the more he suspected. Later on, the peasant found his axe in a valley. It turned out that he went up the hill to cut wood and lost it in the valley. After he found his axe, he thought the neighbor's son was not a thief and that the things he said were normal. So the suspected "adjacent" stolen axe (疑邻盗斧 ) is used to call those who suspect about someone without any evidence.
December 7, 2015
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