▸ 从前cóng qián，郑zhèng国有guó yǒu一个人yī gè rén想xiǎng买mǎi鞋xié。

Long ago, a man from the state of Zheng wanted to buy shoes.

▸ 在zài家里jiā lǐ，他tā先xiān量liáng了le自己的zì jǐ de脚jiǎo。

At home, he first measured his own feet.

▸ 他tā把bǎ脚jiǎo的de大小写dà xiǎo xiě在zài纸zhǐ上shàng。

He wrote the size of his feet on a piece of paper.

▸ 可是kě shì他tā出门chū mén时shí忘了wàng le拿ná纸zhǐ。

But when he left home, he forgot to take the paper.

▸ 到了dào liǎo店diàn里lǐ，他tā找到zhǎo dào一双yī shuāng好hǎo鞋xié。

At the shop, he found a nice pair of shoes.

▸ 他tā一yī摸mō口袋kǒu dài：“哎呀āi yā，纸zhǐ忘wàng在zài家里jiā lǐ了le！”

He felt his pocket: "Oh no, I left the paper at home!"

▸ 他tā跑pǎo回家huí jiā去qù拿ná那nà张zhāng纸zhǐ。

He ran home to get the paper.

▸ 等děng他tā回来huí lai，店diàn已经yǐ jīng关门guān mén了le。

By the time he came back, the shop had closed.

▸ 有人yǒu rén问wèn：“你nǐ为什么wèi shén me不用bù yòng脚jiǎo试shì鞋xié呢ne？”

Someone asked, "Why didn't you just try the shoes on your feet?"

▸ 他说tā shuō：“我wǒ相信xiāng xìn纸zhǐ，不bù相信xiāng xìn我的wǒ de脚jiǎo。”

He said, "I trust the paper, not my feet."

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ是shì“郑人买履zhèng rén mǎi lǚ”。

This idiom is "the Zheng man buys shoes."

▸ 意思yì si是shì：做事zuò shì不bù看kàn真的zhēn de情况qíng kuàng，只会zhǐ huì用yòng老lǎo办法bàn fǎ。

It means: not looking at the real situation, only sticking to old ways.

▸ 例句lì jù：别bié郑人买履zhèng rén mǎi lǚ，要yào看看kàn kan真的zhēn de情况qíng kuàng。

Example: Don't be like the Zheng man buying shoes — look at the real situation.

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