草木皆兵-中國(guó)成語(yǔ)故事英語(yǔ)版中英對(duì)照
be afraid of one's own shadow
草木皆兵
in ad 383, the king of former qin (秦朝), fu jian (fú jiān 苻堅(jiān)), led a huge army to attack eastern jin.
公元383年，秦王苻堅(jiān)率領(lǐng)步兵、騎兵90萬(wàn)，攻打江南的晉朝。
after losing the first round of fighting, fu jian looked down from a city wall, and was terrified when he saw the formidable battle array of the eastern jin army.
在一輪戰(zhàn)敗后，苻堅(jiān)從城墻俯視周遭，當(dāng)他看到勢(shì)不可破的東晉部隊(duì)，他感到很害怕。
and then looking at the mountains around, he mistook the grass and trees for enemy soldiers.
此時(shí)，苻堅(jiān)在壽春城上望見(jiàn)晉軍隊(duì)伍嚴(yán)整，士氣高昂，再北望八公山，只見(jiàn)山上一草一木都像晉軍的士兵一樣，于是更加恐慌。
as a result, when the nervous fu jian led his army into battle, it suffered a crushing defeat.
后來(lái)苻堅(jiān)全軍覆沒(méi)，帶著少數(shù)殘余的隊(duì)伍逃回去了。
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