两小儿辩日

兩小兒辯日
Liǎng xiǎo'ér biàn rì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Two Children Argue about the Sun, a fable from the Tangwen chapter of the Liezi in which two boys ask Confucius whether the sun is nearer at dawn or at noon

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒmen zài xiǎoxué xué guo 《 Liǎng xiǎo'ér biàn rì 》.
We learned "Two Children Argue about the Sun" in primary school.
HSK 7-9
Zài 《 Liǎng xiǎo'ér biàn rì 》 lǐ, lián Kǒngzǐ yě bù zhīdao shéi shuō de duì.
In "Two Children Argue about the Sun", even Confucius cannot tell which boy is right.

Tips

culture
One boy says the sun is nearer at dawn, because it looks as big as a carriage canopy; the other says it is nearer at noon, because it feels hotter. 孔子 cannot decide, and the boys laugh at him: 孰为汝多知乎 'who said you knew so much?'

Stroke Order

两 liǎng
小 xiǎo
儿 ér
辩 biàn
日 rì