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望洋兴叹 One autumn, the rivers flooded, leaving a vast expanse of water everywhere. Seeing this, the god of the rivers was filled with pride at his vast domain. He then journeyed to the Northern Sea. When he saw the mighty ocean stretching to the horizon, he realized how puny he actually was, and sighed with disappointment. 有一年秋天，河里发了大水，河水淹没了田地和树林，到处都是白茫茫的一片。河神看到这种景象，自以为很伟大，很了不起。他顺着河水来到了北海，望见海洋无边无际，水几乎和天空连在一起，这时他才感叹起来，觉得自己真是太渺小了。 This idiom originally meant feeling one's own insignificance upon seeing another's might. Now it is mostly used to indicate being able to do nothing but sigh in the face of a huge task. " 望洋兴叹"原来的意思是：看到人家的伟大，才感到自己很渺小。现在多用来比喻做事力量不够，无从着手，而感到无可奈何。 details: 秋水时至，百川灌河；泾流之大，两渚崖之间，不辨牛马。于是焉河伯欣然自喜，以天下之美，为尽在己。顺流而东行，至于北海，东面而视，不见水端。 于是焉年，河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而叹曰："野语有之曰：'闻道百，以为莫己若者'，我之谓也。 且夫我尝闻少仲尼之闻而轻伯夷之义者。始吾弗信，今我睹子之难穷也。之门，则殆矣，吾吾非至于子长见笑于大方之家。"
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