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kōng zhōng lóu
yǒu rén ràng wèi jiàn zhú
shī wèi jiàn zào sān céng lóu
de fáng
dāng céng jiàn zào hǎo de shí hòu
rén duì jiàn zhú shī shuō
zhǐ xiǎng yào sān céng lóu
yào èr céng
jiàn zhú shī shuō dàn méi yǒu
èr céng lái sān
céng
jiàn zhú shī shì jiù yáo le yáo tóu
shōu shí dōng kāi le
西
zhè chéng xiàn zài xiàn
shí huò zhě xíng de huá huò
zhě lùn děng
A rich man asked an architect to build a three-story house for him.
When the first story was finished, the rich man said to the architect: "I want only the third story; not the first and second stories."
The architect asked, "But without the first and second stories, how can I build the third story?"
Shaking his head, he packed up his things, and left.
This idiom indicates an unrealistic or impractical plan or theory.
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