| 释义 |
朽木不可雕xiǔ mù bù kě diāoone cannot carveon rotten wood-an intractable person; a good-for-nothing; a useless man; one can’t make a silk purseout of a sow’s ear/“～也”，你还是送我回监狱吧！ (杨沫《青春之歌》164) Rotten wood can’t be carved,asthe saying goes. You’d better send me back to gaol.
❍ 如果这样，那个就会变成“政治上的庸人”，不可雕的“朽木”。(刘少奇《论共产党员的修养》11) For if he doesso he will become a “political philistine，” a piece of“rotten wood that cannot be carved.” |