【庖丁解牛】

楊籍富

【庖丁解牛】

 

詞目：庖丁解牛

 

拼音：páodingjiěnióu

 

注音：ㄆㄠˊㄉ｜ㄥㄐ｜ㄝˇㄋ｜ㄡˊ

 

相似詞：斫輪老手,郢匠運斤,熟能生巧,得心應手,迎刃而解

 

出處：《莊子‧養生主》：「庖丁為文惠君解牛，手之所觸，肩之所倚，足之所履，膝之所踦，砉然響然，奏刀騞然，莫不中音。」

 

釋義：庖丁：廚工；

 

解：肢解分割。

 

比喻經過反復實踐，掌握了事物的客觀規律，做事得心應手，運用自如。

 

庖丁：廚師名丁。

 

解：肢解，分割。

 

比喻技術純熟高妙，做事得心應手。

 

例句：無論什麼事，只要深入鑽研，反覆練習，就會像庖丁解牛那樣，做起來得心應手。

 

英譯：CarvingUpanOxAcookwasbutcheringanoxforDukeWenHui.Theplaceshishandtouched,Hisshoulderleanedagainst,Hisfootsteppedon,Hiskneepressedupon,Cameapartwithasound.Hemovedtheblade,makinganoiseThatneverfelloutofrhythm.ItharmonizedwiththeMulberryWoodsDance,Likemusicfromancienttimes.DukeWenHuiexclaimed:"Ah！

 

Excellent！

 

Yourskillhasadvancedtothislevel?"

 

Thecookputsdowntheknifeandanswered:"WhatIfollowisTao,Whichisbeyondallskills."WhenIstartedbutchering,WhatIsawwasnothingbutthewholeox.Afterthreeyears,Inolongersawthewholeox."Nowadays,ImeetitwithmymindRatherthanseeitwithmyeyes.MysensoryorgansareinactiveWhileIdirectthemind'smovement."Itgoesaccordingtonaturallaws,Strikingapartlargegaps,Movingtowardlargeopenings,Followingitsnaturalstructure."EvenplaceswheretendonsattachtobonesGivenoresistance,Nevermindthelargerbones！"

 

Agoodcookgoesthroughaknifeinayear,Becausehecuts.Anaveragecookgoesthroughaknifeinamonth,Becausehehacks."Ihaveusedthisknifefornineteenyears.Ithasbutcheredthousandsofoxen,Butthebladeisstilllikeit'snewlysharpened."Thejointshaveopenings,Andtheknife'sbladehasnothickness.Applythislackofthicknessintotheopenings,Andthemovingbladeswishesthrough,Withroomtospare！"

 

That'swhyafternineteenyears,Thebladeisstilllikeit'snewlysharpened."Nevertheless,everytimeIcomeacrossjoints,Iseeitstrickyparts,Ipayattentionandusecaution,Myvisionconcentrates,Mymovementslowsdown."Imovetheknifeveryslightly,Whump！

 

Ithasalreadyseparated.Theoxdoesn'tevenknowit'sdead,andfallstothegroundlikemud."Istandholdingtheknife,Andlookallaroundit.Theworkgivesmemuchsatisfaction.Icleantheknifeandputitaway."DukeWenHuisaid:"Excellent！

 

Ilistentoyourwords,Andlearnaprincipleoflife."

 

引用：http://idiom.wlps.kl.edu.tw/?id=7284