More idioms/proverbs:
塞翁失马，焉知非福
四面楚歌
世外桃源
名落孙山
裹足不前
以所不欲，勿施与人
三人行，必有我师焉
纸老虎
千里之行，始于足下
肺腑之言
胜者为王，败者为寇
Some of these should be from some stuffs that I have posted, but I
didn't check so I can gauge myself:
塞翁失馬，焉知非福 - the whole phrase comes from the (during 春秋？ or 戰國？)
story 塞翁失馬焉知非福，塞翁得馬焉知非禍, meaning "lose not necessary mean bad
thing, gain not necessary mean good thing"
四面楚歌 - come from the story on 項羽 right? (cant remember clearly), I
can't remember, but means "end of the road / dead end / die liao"
right?
世外桃源 - come from the story by 陶淵明 from 晉 dynasty "桃花源記", meaning
"Shangri-la" or "Utopia"
名落孫山 - dunno come from which source, but means "not eligible to be
in the 榜上有名", not necessarily means "fail" but more to "not
selected"
裹足不前 - dunno come from which source, but means "being hindered
(somehow mentally) and not be able to progress"
己所不慾，勿施於人 - dunno come from which souce, but means
"don't do unto others which you dun wan others to do unto
you"
三人行，必有我師焉 - seems to come from 孔子's 論語 sayings (but not sure),
alternative usage: 三人行，必有我一師, means "everytime when travel in
threes, one will take on the role as the leader"
紙老虎 - an analogy to "scarecrow", or someone look like got power,
inside no real power one, one crush will collapse
千里之行，始於足下 - seems to come from 老子's 道德經 sayings (but not sure),
means "all journeys start from the 1st step"
肺腑之言 - means "words coming from the heart"
勝者為王，敗者為寇 - means "winner becomes dominator, loser become outcast
(but 寇 literally means thieves)"
