在中华民族五千年的传统文化中，成语故事是汉语中的璀璨明珠，是中华民族语言的瑰宝。其精练、形象，极富表现力，有着历史历史文化、民族文化的丰厚积淀。通过这些历史成语故事去了解中华民族悠久的历史、高超的智慧和历久弥新的语言文字。下面小编为大家带来中国经典成语故事三则，欢迎大家阅读!

中国经典成语故事：对牛弹琴

Gong Mingyi was a famous musician in ancient times, who played the lute very well.

公明仪是古代一位很有名的音乐家，弹得一手好琴。

One day, while playing the lute indoors, Gong Mingyi saw a cow eating grass leisurely outside the window. He had a sudden whim to play some melodies for the cow. He first played the "Exercise of Qing Jiao", but the cow still kept on eating grass with head lowered. He seemed to realize that the melody was too highbrow for the cow to understand.

有一天，他在室内弹琴，看见一头牛在窗外悠闲地吃着草。他忽然想弹几曲给牛听听。他先弹了一曲“清角之操”。可是，牛还是跟刚才一样，只顾低着头吃草。他似乎意识到，这支曲子太高雅了，牛没有听懂。

So he played several other melodies, imitating the buzzing sounds of swarms of flying mosquitoes, and the bleats of a calf looking for its companions. At this, to his surprise, the cow stopped eating grass, but raised its head, pricked up its ears, wagged its tail and, pacing up and down in small steps, began to listen attentively.

于是，他弹了另外几支曲子，模拟蚊子成群结队飞来飞去的嗡嗡声;模拟小牛犊寻找伙伴的眸眸叫唤声。这样一来，这头牛竟然不吃草了，抬起头，竖着耳朵，甩着尾巴，迈着小步，留心地倾听起来。

中国经典成语故事：杯弓蛇影

Yue Guang was very hospitable. One day he invited a friend to have a drink in his hall.

乐广很好客。有一天，他邀请朋友在大厅里喝酒。

While drinking, his friend thought he caught a glimpse of a small snake swimming around in his cup. Though disgusted, he swallowed the wine down, but the thought of the snake nauseated him. As soon as he got home, he fell ill.

在喝酒的时候，他的朋友发现自己的酒杯里，似乎有一条小蛇在游动。尽管他心里很厌恶，但还是把酒喝了下去。不过，他总感到恶心，一回到家，就生病了。

After a few days, Yue Guang heard about his friend's illness and its cause. He thought that there couldn't be a snake in the wine cup. So he went to inspect the place where they had the drink and eventually found the cause: on the wall of the hall hung a colourful bow, the shadow of which happened to throw exactly at the place where his friend had put his wine cup.

隔了几天，乐广听到了朋友生病的消息和原因。他心想:酒杯里肯定不会有蛇!他跑到喝酒的地方去查看，终于找到了原因:原来，在大厅的墙上，挂着一张彩色的弓，弓的影子正好映在朋友放酒杯的地方。

Yue Guang hurried to his friend's home and told him about this. As soon as his friend came to understand that it was not a snake but the reflection of a bow in his cup, he got over his illness at once.

乐广急忙跑到朋友家里，把这件事告诉了他。朋友听了，才明白洒杯中的不是蛇，而是弓的影子。这样，他的病也就立刻好了。

中国经典成语故事：骗猎遭黑

The deer feared the leopard cat, the leopard cat feared the tiger, and the tiger the brown bear.

鹿害怕驱，驱害怕老虎，老虎害怕黑。

The brown bear resembled the fox but was bigger in size. It had long fur on its head, and could stand up like man. It had great strength and would devour man.

黑像狐狸，但是体形比较大。它头上披着长毛，能够像人一样站立起来，力气很大，要吃人。

In the south of the State of Chu, there was a hunter good at ventriloquy. With a bamboo pipe he could imitate the cries of various kinds of wild animals.

楚国南方有一个猎人口技很好。他会用竹管来模仿各种野兽的叫声。

Once, carrying his bow, arrows and firearms, he quietly went hunting in the mountain.

有一次，他拿着弓箭和火器悄悄上山打猎。

Up on the mountain, he first imitated the cries of the deer to lure the horde of deer to come over, so that he could shoot at them with the firearms. The leopard cat heard the cries of the deer and came running to devour the deer. The hunter was afraid of the leopard cat, so he hurriedly imitated the roar of the tiger to scare away the leopard cat. Hardly had the leopard cat been scared away when the tiger heard the roar and came. At this moment, the hunter was even more frightened, so he imitated the cries of the brown bear. As a result, the tiger was scared away like the leopard cat.

上山以后，他先学鹿的叫声，想引诱鹿群过来，再用火器射猎。驱一听是鹿叫，就快步跑来想吃鹿。猎人害怕，急忙又学虎啸来吓走它。驱刚刚被虎啸吓跑，可是老虎却闻声赶到了。这时候，猎人更加害怕，于是就学黑叫。结果，老虎也像驱一样逃跑了。

Then, when the brown bear heard the cries, it came to look for its companions. Seeing that it was a man, the brown bear at once struck him with its front paws, and tore him up with its teeth. In a short while, the hunter was torn to pieces and devoured by the brown bear.

后来，黑听见叫声，就来寻找同伴。刚走到前面，它一看是一个人，就立刻用前爪打他，用牙齿撕他，不一会儿，把猎人撕成碎块吃掉了。