Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 16 these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 17 (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 18 rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 19 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
