庸医断箭。从前有一个医生，自称擅长外科。有一次，一个军营里有位副将在战场上中了流箭，箭头深深扎进筋膜内，痛苦不堪，他立即派人请那位外科医生来施行手术。医生走到床边，稍一察看，便掏出一把大剪刀，咔嚓一声，剪去露在外面的半截箭杆，就要辞去。副将拉住他说，箭头还扎在肉里面，怎么不取出来？医生回答：这是内科的事情，与外科概无关系。大道理：认为局部和整体,现象和本质之间都是截然分开，毫无联系的人是愚蠢可笑的。小故事大道理全集
庸医断箭。
The quack breaks the arrow.
庸医断箭。
yōng yī duàn jiàn
The quack breaks the arrow.
庸医 (yōng yī) quack/charlatan
庸 (yōng) ordinary/to use
医 (yī) medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
断 (duàn) to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth
箭 (jiàn) arrow/CL:支[zhi1]
从前有一个医生，自称擅长外科。
Once upon a time there was a doctor who claimed to specialize in surgery.
从前有一个医生，
cóng qián yǒu yī gě yī shēng
Once upon a time there was a doctor that
从前 (cóng qián) previously/formerly/once upon a time
从 (cóng) from/through/via/to follow/to obey/to engage in (an
前 (qián) front/forward/ahead/first/top (followed by a number)/future
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
医生 (yī shēng) doctor/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]名[ming2]
医 (yī) medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
生 (shēng) to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
自称擅长外科。
zì chèn shàn cháng wài kē
Claims to specialize in surgery.
自称 (zì chèn) to call oneself/to claim to be/to profess/to claim a title
自 (zì) self/oneself/from/since/naturally/surely
称 (chèn) to fit/balanced/suitable/to weigh/to state/to name/name
擅长 (shàn cháng) to be good at/to be expert in
擅 (shàn) without authority/to usurp/to arrogate to oneself/to
长 (cháng) length/long/forever/always/constantly/chief/head/elder/to
外科 (wài kē) surgery (branch of medicine)
外 (wài) outside/in addition/foreign/external
科 (kē) branch of study/administrative section/division/field
有一次，一个军营里有位副将在战场上中了流箭，箭头深深扎进筋膜内，痛苦不堪，他立即派人请那位外科医生来施行手术。
On one occasion, an adjutant general in a military camp was struck by a stray arrow on the battlefield, and the arrow penetrated deeply into the fascia, causing great pain, so he immediately sent for the surgeon to perform the operation.
有一次，
yǒu yī cì
At one point, the
有一次 (yǒu yī cì) once/once upon a time
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
次 (cì) next in sequence/second/the second (day time etc)/secondary
一个军营里有位副将在战场上中了流箭，
yī gě jūn yíng lǐ yǒu wèi fù jiāng zài zhàn cháng shǎng zhōng le liú jiàn
An adjutant general in a military camp was hit by a stray arrow in battle.
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
军营 (jūn yíng) barracks/army camp
军 (jūn) army/military/arms/CL:個|个[ge4]
营 (yíng) camp/barracks/battalion/to build/to operate/to manage/to
里 (lǐ) li ancient measure of length approx. 500 m/neighborhood
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
位 (wèi) position/location/place/seat/classifier for people
副将 (fù jiāng) deputy general
副 (fù) secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词
将 (jiāng) will/shall/to use/to take/to checkmate/just a short while
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
战场 (zhàn cháng) battlefield/CL:個|个[ge4]
战 (zhàn) to fight/fight/war/battle
场 (cháng) threshing floor/classifier for events and happenings: spell
上 (shǎng) see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]/on top/upon/above/upper/previous
中 (zhōng) within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
了 (le) (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed
流 (liú) to flow/to disseminate/to circulate or spread/to move or
箭 (jiàn) arrow/CL:支[zhi1]
箭头深深扎进筋膜内，
jiàn tóu shēn shēn zā jìn jīn mó nèi
The arrow is deeply embedded in the fascia.
箭头 (jiàn tóu) arrowhead/arrow symbol
箭 (jiàn) arrow/CL:支[zhi1]
头 (tóu) head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant
深深 (shēn shēn) deep/profound
深 (shēn) deep/depth/deeply/(of a color) dark/deep/rich
深 (shēn) deep/depth/deeply/(of a color) dark/deep/rich
扎 (zā) to prick/to run or stick (a needle etc) into/jug (a
进 (jìn) to go forward/to advance/to go in/to enter/to put in/to
筋 (jīn) muscle/tendon/veins visible under the skin/sth resembling
膜 (mó) membrane/film
内 (nèi) inside/inner/internal/within/interior
痛苦不堪，
tòng kǔ bù kān
suffering from a lot of pain.
痛苦 (tòng kǔ) pain/suffering/painful/CL:個|个[ge4]
痛 (tòng) ache/pain/sorrow/deeply/thoroughly
苦 (kǔ) bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to
不堪 (bù kān) cannot bear/cannot stand/utterly/extremely
不 (bù) (negative prefix)/not/no
堪 (kān) to endure/may/can
他立即派人请那位外科医生来施行手术。
tā lì jí pài rén qǐng nā wèi wài kē yī shēng lái shī háng shǒu shù
He immediately sent for the surgeon to perform the operation.
他 (tā) he or him/(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or
立即 (lì jí) immediately
立 (lì) to stand/to set up/to establish/to lay down/to draw up/at
即 (jí) namely/that is/i.e./prompt/at once/at present/even if
派 (pài) clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
请 (qǐng) to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)
那 (nā) that/those/then (in that case)/commonly pr. [nei4] before a
位 (wèi) position/location/place/seat/classifier for people
外科医生 (wài kē yī shēng) surgeon/as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1
外 (wài) outside/in addition/foreign/external
科 (kē) branch of study/administrative section/division/field
医 (yī) medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
生 (shēng) to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
来 (lái) to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next
施行 (shī háng) to put in place/to put into practice/to take effect
施 (shī) to grant/to give/to bestow/to act/to carry out
行 (háng) row/line/commercial firm/line of business/profession/to
手术 (shǒu shù) (surgical) operation/surgery/CL:個|个[ge4]
手 (shǒu) hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of
术 (shù) method/technique/various genera of flowers of Asteracea
医生走到床边，稍一察看，便掏出一把大剪刀，咔嚓一声，剪去露在外面的半截箭杆，就要辞去。
The doctor went to the bedside, a little look, then pulled out a large pair of scissors, click, cut off the exposed half of the arrow shaft, to resign.
医生走到床边，
yī shēng zǒu dào chuáng biān
The doctor walked to the bedside and
医生 (yī shēng) doctor/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]名[ming2]
医 (yī) medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
生 (shēng) to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
走 (zǒu) to walk/to go/to run/to move (of vehicle)/to visit/to leave
到 (dào) to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb
床边 (chuáng biān) bedside
床 (chuáng) bed/couch/classifier for beds/CL:張|张[zhang1]
边 (biān) side/edge/margin/border/boundary/CL:個|个[ge4]/simultaneously
稍一察看，
shāo yī chá kān
A little look.
稍 (shāo) somewhat/a little/see 稍息[shao4 xi1]
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
察看 (chá kān) to watch/to look carefully at
察 (chá) short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]/to
看 (kān) to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard/to see/to
便掏出一把大剪刀，
biàn tāo chū yī bǎ dà jiǎn dāo
Then he pulled out a large pair of scissors and
便 (biàn) plain/informal/suitable/convenient/opportune/to urinate or
掏出 (tāo chū) to fish out/to take out (from a pocket bag etc)
掏 (tāo) to fish out (from pocket)/to scoop
出 (chū) to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
把 (bǎ) to hold/to contain/to grasp/to take hold of/handle/particle
大剪刀 (dà jiǎn dāo) shears/large scissors/secateurs
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
剪 (jiǎn) scissors/shears/clippers/CL:把[ba3]/to cut with scissors/to
刀 (dāo) knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[ba3]/(slang)
咔嚓一声，
kā cā yī shēng
Click.
咔嚓 (kā cā) (onom.) breaking or snapping/(coll.) cut it out/stop it
咔 (kā) (used as phonetic \ka\)
嚓 (cā) (onom.) screech/(onom.) snap/pop/see 喀嚓[ka1 cha1]
一声 (yī shēng) first tone in Mandarin (high level tone)
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
声 (shēng) sound/voice/tone/noise/reputation/classifier for sounds
剪去露在外面的半截箭杆，
jiǎn qù lòu zài wài miàn de bàn jié jiàn gān
Cut off the exposed half of the arrow shaft.
剪 (jiǎn) scissors/shears/clippers/CL:把[ba3]/to cut with scissors/to
去 (qù) to go/to go to (a place)/(of a time etc) last/just passed
露 (lòu) to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose/dew/syrup/nectar
在外 (zài wài) outer/excluded
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
外 (wài) outside/in addition/foreign/external
面的 (miàn de) abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士[mian4 bao1 che1 di1 shi4]/minivan taxi
面 (miàn) face/side/surface/aspect/top/classifier for flat surfaces
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
半截 (bàn jié) half (of sth)/halfway through
半 (bàn) half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
截 (jié) to cut off (a length)/to stop/to intercept/section/chunk
箭杆 (jiàn gān) arrow shaft
箭 (jiàn) arrow/CL:支[zhi1]
杆 (gān) pole/CL:條|条[tiao2]根[gen1]
就要辞去。
jiù yāo cí qù
Just to resign.
就要 (jiù yāo) will/shall/to be going to
就 (jiù) at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already
要 (yāo) to demand/to request/to coerce/important/vital/to want/to
辞去 (cí qù) to resign/to quit
辞 (cí) null
去 (qù) to go/to go to (a place)/(of a time etc) last/just passed
副将拉住他说，箭头还扎在肉里面，怎么不取出来？医生回答：这是内科的事情，与外科概无关系。
The adjutant general pulled him back and said, "The arrow is still stuck in the flesh, why don't you take it out? The doctor replied: This is a matter of internal medicine, and has nothing to do with surgery.
副将拉住他说，
fù jiāng lā zhù tā shuì
The adjutant general pulled him back and said
副将 (fù jiāng) deputy general
副 (fù) secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词
将 (jiāng) will/shall/to use/to take/to checkmate/just a short while
拉 (lā) to pull/to play (a bowed instrument)/to drag/to draw/to
住 (zhù) to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix
他 (tā) he or him/(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or
说 (shuì) to persuade/to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off
箭头还扎在肉里面，
jiàn tóu hái zā zài ròu lǐ miàn
The arrow is still stuck in the flesh.
箭头 (jiàn tóu) arrowhead/arrow symbol
箭 (jiàn) arrow/CL:支[zhi1]
头 (tóu) head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant
还 (hái) still/still in progress/still more/yet/even more/in
扎 (zā) to prick/to run or stick (a needle etc) into/jug (a
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
肉 (ròu) meat/flesh/pulp (of a fruit)/(coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
里面 (lǐ miàn) inside/interior/also pr. [li3 mian5]
里 (lǐ) li ancient measure of length approx. 500 m/neighborhood
面 (miàn) face/side/surface/aspect/top/classifier for flat surfaces
怎么不取出来？
zěn me bù qǔ chū lái
Why don't you take it out?
怎么 (zěn me) how?/what?/why?
怎 (zěn) how
么 (me) exclamatory final particle/interrogative final particle
不 (bù) (negative prefix)/not/no
取出 (qǔ chū) to take out/to extract/to draw out
取 (qǔ) to take/to get/to choose/to fetch
出 (chū) to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to
来 (lái) to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next
医生回答：
yī shēng huí dā
Doctor's Answer.
医生 (yī shēng) doctor/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]名[ming2]
医 (yī) medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
生 (shēng) to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
回答 (huí dā) to reply/to answer/the answer/CL:個|个[ge4]
回 (huí) to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to
答 (dā) to answer/to agree/reply/answer/return/respond/echo
这是内科的事情，
zhè shì nèi kē de shì qíng
It's an internal medicine thing.
这 (zhè) this/these/(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier esp.
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
内科 (nèi kē) internal medicine/general medicine
内 (nèi) inside/inner/internal/within/interior
科 (kē) branch of study/administrative section/division/field
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
事情 (shì qíng) affair/matter/thing/business/CL:件[jian4]樁|桩[zhuang1]
事 (shì) matter/thing/item/work/affair
情 (qíng) feeling/emotion/passion/situation
与外科概无关系。
yǔ wài kē gài mó guān jì
There is no relationship with surgery.
与 (yǔ) and/to give/together with/to take part in
外科 (wài kē) surgery (branch of medicine)
外 (wài) outside/in addition/foreign/external
科 (kē) branch of study/administrative section/division/field
概 (gài) general/approximate
无关 (mó guān) unrelated/having nothing to do (with sth else)
无 (mó) not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less
关 (guān) mountain pass/to close/to shut/to turn off/to concern/to
系 (jì) system/department/faculty
大道理：认为局部和整体,现象和本质之间都是截然分开，毫无联系的人是愚蠢可笑的。
The big truth: people who think that the part and the whole, the phenomenon and the essence are completely separate and unconnected are foolish and ridiculous.
大道理：
dà dào lǐ
Big truth.
大道理 (dà dào lǐ) major principle/general truth/sermon (reproof)/bombastic
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
道 (dào) road/path/CL:條|条[tiao2]股[gu3]/principle/truth/morality
理 (lǐ) texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order
认为局部和整体,
rèn wéi jú bù hé zhěng tī
Consider the local and the whole ,
认为 (rèn wéi) to believe/to think/to consider/to feel
认 (rèn) to recognize/to know/to admit
为 (wéi) as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve
局部 (jú bù) part/local
局 (jú) office/situation/classifier for games: match set round etc
部 (bù) ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board
和 (hé) and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/Taiwan pr.
整体 (zhěng tī) whole entity/entire body/synthesis/as a whole (situation
整 (zhěng) exactly/in good order/whole/complete/entire/in order
体 (tī) body/form/style/system/substance/to experience/aspect
现象和本质之间都是截然分开，
xiàn xiàng hé běn zhì zhī jiān dōu shì jié rán fēn kāi
There is a clear separation between phenomena and essence.
现象 (xiàn xiàng) phenomenon/CL:個|个[ge4]種|种[zhong3]/appearance
现 (xiàn) to appear/present/now/existing/current
象 (xiàng) elephant/CL:隻|只[zhi1]/shape/form/appearance/to imitate
和 (hé) and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/Taiwan pr.
本质 (běn zhì) essence/nature/innate character/intrinsic quality
本 (běn) root/stem/origin/source/this/the current/original/inherent
质 (zhì) character/nature/quality/plain/to pawn/pledge/hostage/to
之间 (zhī jiān) between/among/inter-
之 (zhī) (possessive particle literary equivalent of 的[de5])/him/her
间 (jiān) between/among/within a definite time or space/room/section
都 (dōu) all/both/entirely/(used for emphasis) even/already/(not) at
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
截然 (jié rán) completely/sharply (differing)
截 (jié) to cut off (a length)/to stop/to intercept/section/chunk
然 (rán) correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly
分开 (fēn kāi) to separate/to part
分 (fēn) to divide/to separate/to distribute/to allocate/to
开 (kāi) to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a
毫无联系的人是愚蠢可笑的。
háo mó lián jì de rén shì yú chǔn kě xiào de
People who are not connected are stupid and ridiculous.
毫无 (háo mó) not in the least/to completely lack
毫 (háo) hair/drawing brush/(in the) least/one thousandth/currency
无 (mó) not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less
联系 (lián jì) connection/contact/relation/to get in touch with/to
联 (lián) to ally/to unite/to join/(poetry) antithetical couplet
系 (jì) system/department/faculty
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
愚蠢 (yú chǔn) silly/stupid
愚 (yú) to be stupid/to cheat or deceive/me or I (modest)
蠢 (chǔn) stupid/sluggish/clumsy/to wiggle (of worms)/to move in a
可笑 (kě xiào) funny/ridiculous
可 (kě) can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used
笑 (xiào) laugh/smile/CL:個|个[ge4]
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
小故事大道理全集。
The full collection of small stories and big ideas.
小故事大道理全集。
xiǎo gù shì dà dào lǐ quán jí
The full collection of small stories and big ideas.
小 (xiǎo) small/tiny/few/young
故事 (gù shì) old practice/CL:個|个[ge4]/narrative/story/tale
故 (gù) happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old
事 (shì) matter/thing/item/work/affair
大道理 (dà dào lǐ) major principle/general truth/sermon (reproof)/bombastic
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
道 (dào) road/path/CL:條|条[tiao2]股[gu3]/principle/truth/morality
理 (lǐ) texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order
全集 (quán jí) omnibus/complete works (of a writer or artist)
全 (quán) all/whole/entire/every/complete
集 (jí) to gather/to collect/collected works/classifier for