| 釋義 |
朽木不可雕xiǔ mù bù kě diāoone cannot carveon rotten wood-an intractable person; a good-for-nothing; a useless man; one can’t make a silk purseout of a sow’s ear/“～也”，你還是送我回監(jiān)獄吧！ (楊沫《青春之歌》164) Rotten wood can’t be carved,asthe saying goes. You’d better send me back to gaol.
? 如果這樣，那個(gè)就會(huì)變成“政治上的庸人”，不可雕的“朽木”。(劉少奇《論共產(chǎn)黨員的修養(yǎng)》11) For if he doesso he will become a “political philistine，” a piece of“rotten wood that cannot be carved.” |