| jiē | lái | zhī | shí | ||||||
| 嗟 | 来 | 之 | 食 | ||||||
| chūn | qiū | shí | dài | yǒu | yī | nián | qí | guó | |
| 春 | 秋 | 时 | 代 | , | 有 | 一 | 年 | 齐 | 国 |
| fā | shēng | dà | jī | huāng | |||||
| 发 | 生 | 大 | 饥 | 荒 | 。 | ||||
| yǒu | yī | wèi | jiào | zuò | qián | áo | yǒu | qián | guì |
| 有 | 一 | 位 | 叫 | 做 | 黔 | 敖 | 有 | 钱 | 贵 |
| zú | zài | jiē | biān | zhǔn | bèi | shí | wù | fēn | |
| 族 | , | 在 | 街 | 边 | 准 | 备 | 食 | 物 | 分 |
| fā | gěi | lái | wǎng | de | nán | mín | yǐ | xiǎn | |
| 发 | 给 | 来 | 往 | 的 | 难 | 民 | , | 以 | 显 |
| shì | zì | jǐ | de | kāng | kǎi | ||||
| 示 | 自 | 己 | 的 | 慷 | 慨 | 。 | |||
| yǒu | yī | gè | jī | mín | yòng | yī | xiù | méng | |
| 有 | 一 | 个 | 饥 | 民 | , | 用 | 衣 | 袖 | 蒙 |
| zháo | liǎn | tuō | zháo | xié | è | dé | yǎn | ||
| 着 | 脸 | , | 拖 | 着 | 鞋 | , | 饿 | 得 | 眼 |
| jīng | dū | zhēng | bù | kāi | de | yáng | zǐ | màn | |
| 睛 | 都 | 睁 | 不 | 开 | 的 | 样 | 子 | , | 慢 |
| màn | dì | zǒu | guò | lái | |||||
| 慢 | 地 | 走 | 过 | 来 | 。 | ||||
| qián | áo | jiàn | le | jiù | zuǒ | shǒu | ná | zháo | |
| 黔 | 敖 | 见 | 了 | , | 就 | 左 | 手 | 拿 | 着 |
| chī | de | yòu | shǒu | pěng | zháo | hē | de | ||
| 吃 | 的 | , | 右 | 手 | 捧 | 着 | 喝 | 的 | , |
| xiàng | tā | hǎn | dào | wèi | lái | chī | |||
| 向 | 他 | 喊 | 道 | : | “ | 喂 | , | 来 | 吃 |
| ba | |||||||||
| 吧 | ! | ” | |||||||
| nà | rén | yī | tīng | zhè | huà | lì | jí | dèng | |
| 那 | 人 | 一 | 听 | 这 | 话 | , | 立 | 即 | 瞪 |
| zháo | yǎn | jīng | shuō | dào | wǒ | jiù | |||
| 着 | 眼 | 睛 | , | 说 | 道 | : | “ | 我 | 就 |
| shì | yīn | wèi | bù | chī | jiē | lái | zhī | shí | |
| 是 | 因 | 为 | 不 | 吃 | ‘ | 嗟 | 来 | 之 | 食 |
| cái | è | dào | zhè | bān | dì | bù | de | ||
| , | 才 | 饿 | 到 | 这 | 般 | 地 | 步 | 的 | 。 |
| " | |||||||||
| jǐn | guǎn | qián | áo | xiàng | tā | dào | qiàn | nà | |
| 尽 | 管 | 黔 | 敖 | 向 | 他 | 道 | 歉 | , | 那 |
| rén | réng | rán | jiān | jué | bù | chī | zhōng | yú | |
| 人 | 仍 | 然 | 坚 | 决 | 不 | 吃 | , | 终 | 于 |
| è | sǐ | le | |||||||
| 饿 | 死 | 了 | 。 | ||||||
| cǐ | gù | shì | jiǎng | de | shì | yī | gè | huái | yǒu |
| 此 | 故 | 事 | 讲 | 的 | 是 | 一 | 个 | 怀 | 有 |
| qiáng | liè | zì | zūn | xīn | de | rén | níng | kě | |
| 强 | 烈 | 自 | 尊 | 心 | 的 | 人 | , | 宁 | 可 |
| è | sǐ | yě | bù | kěn | jiē | shòu | rén | qīng | shì |
| 饿 | 死 | 也 | 不 | 肯 | 接 | 受 | 人 | 轻 | 视 |
| xiàn | zài | zhè | gè | chéng | yǔ | fàn | zhǐ | dài | |
| 。 | 现 | 在 | 这 | 个 | 成 | 语 | 泛 | 指 | 带 |
| yǒu | wǔ | rǔ | xìng | de | shī | shè | |||
| 有 | 侮 | 辱 | 性 | 的 | 施 | 舍 | 。 | ||
| One year during the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), there was a the Qi State (齐国) was severely strickend by a famine. |
| Qian Ao (qián ào 黔敖), a very rich but arrogant man took the occasion to showcase his generosity through preparing food by the roadside and giving it to the passing refugees in charity. |
| A man with shabby clothes happened to walk by with his shoes trailing along, he was so hungry as not to open his eyes. |
| Seeing the poor man, Qian Ao held the food by left hand and the drink by right hand, and shouted at him,"Hi, come to eat !” |
| Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, “It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree. " |
| Though Qian Ao made an apology to him for that, the man still resolutely refused to eat the food and thus he died of hunger in the end. |
| This set phrase now extensively denotes the disrespectful aims. This story means that a person who has a strong sense of self-respect would rather die of hunger than be despised. |
| index pinyin-less version |