ART: mural wall art in shanghai. Chinese idiom tales

 

 

 

画蛇添足

drawing feet on a snake  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB85JVVjbE 

 

                                                 刻舟求剑  Marking the boat to find the sword

                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCH5jFTcdM 

                            铁杵磨成针 grinding and iron pestle into a needle (hard work pays off)

                                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGInsrmWdc0 

拔苗助长 pull up the shoots to help the grow  (to spoil through impatience or over enthusiasm) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5TIGdaC5JY 

 叶公好龙。 Mr Ye “loves” dragons  (someone loves a certain thing outwardly, but not sincerely - all for show)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhjyNe1Nv8c

 

 

 

掩耳盗铃 cover your ears and steal the bell （lying to oneself to fool others) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka1cpzbmQr8 

盲人摸象 blind men touching the elephant (unable to see the full picture) 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzWClJXmcdM

愚公移山 The foolish old man who moved mountains  (fierce determination can accomplish anything)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN59YrIm-ws

闻鸡起舞 Practice sword at the rooster's crow (diligent and hardworking) 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWWB_HhCJ-A

 

守株待兔 to guard a tree stump waiting for the rabbit (to idly wait for luck or chance rather than to work hard)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux6RpgxT6c8

 

亡羊补牢 mend the fold after the sheep have been lost （better late than never) 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2ARlRsQHw

 

 

beautiful murals around huangpu district in shanghai near yu gardens. old lane houses boarded up awaiting renovation