学习汉语的外国学生，当他们初步掌握了汉语的语音、词汇、语法和文字时，很想进一步提高自己的汉语水平。怎样提高呢？一件重要的事就是需要掌握一些汉语语言中最有特色的东西——例如典故、成语、谚语、歇后语。这些东西既和汉语汉字有密切关系。又和汉族的文化背景有密切关系。

尹斌庸编著的《成语100》讲述了100个成语故事。掌握了它们，不但能够丰富外国人汉语的表达能力，而且能够增强他们汉语表达的民族特色。

前言

Preface

1．按图索骥

 Looking for a Steed with the Aid of Its Picture

2．百发百中

 A Hundred Shots，a Hundred Bull's-Eyes

3．班门弄斧

 Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before LuBan the Master Carpenter

4．杯弓蛇影

 Mistaking the Reflection of a Bow for a Snake

5．闭门造车

 Building a Cart Behind Closed Doors

6．病人膏肓

 The Disease Has Attacked the Vitals

7．草木皆兵

 Every Bush and Tree Looks like an Enemy

8．吹毛求疵

 Blow Apart the Hairs upon a Fur to Discover Any Defect

9．打草惊蛇

 Beating the Grass and Flushing Out the Snake

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