猴子捞月亮hou2zilao1yuelang
A monkey saw a reflection of the moon in the water and, thinking this calamitous, went to scoop it up. In other words: a lunatic sees terrorists everywhere and tries to catch them, but only makes a fool of himself.
This parable is about what happens when the simple minded take illusions for reality. It cautions us to be skeptical of the immediate and also of going along with the crowed.
有 一天 晚 上 ， 一 群 猴子 在 井 边 的 树 上 玩儿。突然，一只小猴子喊起来：“不好啦，月 亮 掉 到 水 里 了 ！” 大 猴 子 一 看 ， 也 叫 了 起 来 ：“ 不 好 啦 ， 月 亮 真 的 掉 到 水 里 了 ！”
一群猴子看了后都跟着说：“是啊，月亮怎
么掉到水里了？”
大 猴 子 说 ：“ 我 们 把 月 亮 捞 上 来 吧 ！”
于 是 ， 猴 子 们 爬 到 树 上 ， 一 只 拉 着 一 只 ， 一直接到水里。挂在最下面的小猴子伸手去 捞 月 亮 。 他 的 手 刚 碰 到 水， 月 亮 就 不见了。猴子们觉得很奇怪。这时，大猴子抬头一看，突然叫了起来：“月亮不是还在天上吗
猴子掰玉米
A monkey is cracking corn. Each corn he breaks off he carefully places in his armpit. Having shucked the entire cob he tosses the cob in the corn crib. The monkey then looks and is surprised to see the only corn he has is the one kernel he is holding in his hand.
The moral here is that careful efforts must be completed and not half done.
一只猴子在山坡上种了一片玉米。
秋天到了，地里的玉米熟了，一个个金黄 金黄的。猴子看了非常高兴，飞快地跑进
地里，认真地掰起玉米来。它掰一个，就往腋下夹 一个；夹一个又去掰另一个， 掰另一个时，腋下的玉米便掉到了地上。
这样不断地掰呀、夹呀，不知不觉地， 地里的玉米都掰光了，可猴子的手里却还是只有一个玉米。猴子禁不住问自己：“我明明掰了很多玉米，为什么只剩下一个呢？”
大家也想一想，猴子掰的玉米到哪儿 去了呢？
玉米 yu2mi3 “jade rice” in other words: corn (maize).
腋 ye4 armpit it’s part of the body 月 seen usually only at night 夜
掰 bai1 to split as in shuck using one’s hands. two hands on the outside,拜 symbol for splitting with a knife inside. 分
This one is interesting since the 拜 character is a hand with grain but here as a compound character the grain on the right loses one line and becomes thereby a second hand.
楼市 lou2shi4 real estate (lit.: building+market)
能源 neng2yuan4 energy source lit. i.e. gas oil etc.
拖累 tuo1lei3 to drag (lit. drag+tired)
放缓 fang2huang3 to slow
做、作、坐、座 zou4 同音字