初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niúdú bù pà hǔ



初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niúdú bù pà hǔ


  东汉末年，刘备与曹操大战，曹操失败，于是曹操便派大将庞德领兵去救援。
Towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao in battle. Cao Cao then assigned General Pang De to lead his troops. 
  庞德到战场以后，让士兵们抬着一口棺材，走在队伍的前面，发誓与刘备的军队决一死战。两军大战百余回合，不分胜负。刘备的大将向上司关平报告说："庞德的刀法非常娴熟，真不愧是曹操的勇将。"关平说："俗话说'刚生下来的小牛犊连老虎都不害怕。'我们绝对不能轻视他啊！"
When Pang De reached the battlefield, he ordered his soldiers to carry a coffin in front of the troops as a sign of his oath to burn his bridges with Liu Bei's troops. Both armies fought many times and came out even. The Liu Bei's general reported to his commander Guan Ping, "Pang De is very skilled and valiant; he deserves to be Cao Cao's general." Guan Ping replied, "There is a saying that goes 'Newborn calves are not afraid of the tiger'. We definitely should not look down on him."


词语注释：

救援:( jiùyuán) v. to rescue

棺材:( guāncái) n. coffin

发誓:( fā shì) v. to vow

娴熟:( xiánshú) adj. highly skilled

牛犊:( niúdú) n. calf

• commander [kə´mɑ:ndə]   n.指挥员，司令员   (初中英语单词)
• definitely [´definitli]   ad.明确地；绝对   (初中英语单词)
• rescue [´reskju:]   vt.&n.救援；挽救   (初中英语单词)
• coffin [´kɔfin]   n.棺材，柩   (高中英语单词)
• skilled [skild]   a.有技能的，熟练的   (高中英语单词)
• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ]   n.言语；言论；格言   (高中英语单词)
• dynasty [´dinəsti]   n.王朝；朝代   (英语四级单词)
• valiant [´væliənt]   a.勇敢的，英勇的   (英语四级单词)
• calves [kɑ:vz]   calf的复数   (英语四级单词)
• battlefield [´bætlfi:ld]   n.战场   (英语六级单词)