从前有个人，他的名字叫朱泙漫，他非常想学习一种奇特的本领。
听说有一个人会屠龙，朱泙漫就去请这个人做老师，让他教自己屠龙的本领。
后来朱泙漫在老师那儿学习了三年，把家里所有的钱都花光了，才把屠龙的本领学会。
但是这个世界上本来就没有龙，他到哪里去用这个奇特的本领呢？
“屠龙之技”的意思就是杀龙的本领，用来比喻那些没有实际用处的所谓的奇特本领。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously / formerly / once upon a time |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 朱泙漫 | Zhū Píng màn | A person's name, Zhu Pingman |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 奇特 | qí tè | peculiar / unusual / queer |
| 本领 | běn lǐng | skill / ability / capability |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 屠 | tú | to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre |
| 龙 | lóng | Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 请 | qǐng | to invite |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 做 | zuò | (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 光 | guāng | used up; finished |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 本来 | běn lái | originally / at first / of course |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 屠龙之技 | tú lóng zhī jì | An impractical or useless skill; a flashy talent with no real use. |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 杀 | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare / to liken to |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 实际 | shí jì | practical / realistic / real / actual |
| 用处 | yòng chù | usefulness |
| 所谓 | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called |