言之不预 yán zhī bù yù No prior warning

Explanation

指没有预先说明。

Refers to not having explained something in advance.

Origin Story

从前，在一个小山村里，住着一位名叫李明的年轻木匠。他手艺精湛，心灵手巧，制作的家具深受村民喜爱。一天，村长找到李明，请他帮忙修理村里唯一的碾米机。碾米机是村民赖以生存的重要工具，坏了之后，村民们都急坏了。李明答应了村长的请求，并约定好第二天一早就开始修理。然而，李明并没有告诉村民他需要哪些工具和材料，第二天一大早，他就来到了碾米机旁开始修理。他一边修理，一边发现需要各种工具和材料，比如锤子、螺丝刀、木头、铁丝等等，可是这些东西他都没有带。他不得不一次又一次地跑回家去取，耽误了很多时间，村民们都焦急地等待着。最终，李明终于修好了碾米机，但村民们对他的工作效率感到非常失望，并且埋怨他做事没有提前准备好，没有预先说明需要什么。李明也意识到自己的错误，他应该在开始工作之前就与村民们沟通好，把需要准备的东西都准备好，这样才能提高效率，避免不必要的麻烦。从此以后，李明做任何事情都会事先做好计划，并与相关人员沟通，避免再次出现言之不预的情况。

cóngqián, zài yīgè xiǎoshāncūn lǐ, zhùzhe yī wèi míng jiào lǐ míng de niánqīng mùjiàng. tā shǒuyì jīngzhàn, xīnlíng shǒuqiǎo, zhìzuò de jiājù shēnshòu cūnmín xǐ'ài. yītiān, cūnzhǎng zhǎodào lǐ míng, qǐng tā bāngmáng xiūlǐ cūn lǐ wéiyī de niǎnmǐjī. niǎnmǐjī shì cūnmín làiyǐ shēngcún de zhòngyào gōngjù, huài le zhīhòu, cūnmínmen dōu jí huài le. lǐ míng dāyìng le cūnzhǎng de qǐngqiú, bìng yuēdìng hǎo dì èr tiān yīzǎo jiù kāishǐ xiūlǐ. rán'ér, lǐ míng bìng méiyǒu gàosù cūnmín tā xūyào nǎxiē gōngjù hé cáiliào, dì èr tiān yīdàzǎo, tā jiù lái le dào niǎnmǐjī páng kāishǐ xiūlǐ. tā yībiān xiūlǐ, yībiān fāxiàn xūyào gèzhǒng gōngjù hé cáiliào, bǐrú chuízi, luósīdāo, mùtou, tiěsī děngděng, kěshì zhèxiē dōngxī tā dōu méiyǒu dài. tā bùdébù yīcì yīcì de pǎo huí jiā qù qǔ, dānwù le hěn duō shíjiān, cūnmínmen dōu jiāojí de děngdài zhe. zuìzhōng, lǐ míng zhōngyú xiū hǎo le niǎnmǐjī, dàn cūnmínmen duì tā de gōngzuò xiàolǜ gǎndào fēicháng shīwàng, bìngqiě mányuàn tā zuòshì méiyǒu tíqián zhǔnbèi hǎo, méiyǒu yùxiān shuōmíng xūyào shénme. lǐ míng yě yìshí dào zìjǐ de cuòwù, tā yīnggāi zài kāishǐ gōngzuò zhīqián jiù yǔ cūnmínmen gōutōng hǎo, bǎ xūyào zhǔnbèi de dōngxī dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo, zhèyàng cái néng tígāo xiàolǜ, bìmiǎn bù bìyào de máfan. cóngcǐ yǐhòu, lǐ míng zuò rènhé shìqíng dōu huì shìxiān zuò hǎo jìhuà, bìng yǔ xiāngguān rényuán gōutōng, bìmiǎn zàicì chūxiàn yán zhī bù yù de qíngkuàng.

Once upon a time, in a small mountain village, there lived a young carpenter named Li Ming. He was skillful and clever, and the furniture he made was loved by the villagers. One day, the village headman found Li Ming and asked him to help repair the village's only rice mill. The rice mill was an important tool for the villagers' survival, and after it broke down, the villagers were very worried. Li Ming agreed to the village headman's request and agreed to start the repair work early the next morning. However, Li Ming did not tell the villagers what tools and materials he needed. The next morning, he came to the rice mill and started to repair it. As he was repairing it, he found that he needed various tools and materials, such as a hammer, screwdriver, wood, and wire, but he didn't bring any of them. He had to run back home to get them again and again, which wasted a lot of time, and the villagers were anxiously waiting. Finally, Li Ming finally repaired the rice mill, but the villagers were very disappointed with his work efficiency and complained that he had not prepared in advance and had not stated in advance what he needed. Li Ming also realized his mistake. He should have communicated with the villagers before starting the work and prepared everything he needed. In this way, he could improve efficiency and avoid unnecessary trouble. From then on, Li Ming would plan everything in advance and communicate with the relevant personnel to avoid the situation of "no prior warning" again.

Usage

用于形容没有预先说明的情况。

yòng yú xíngróng méiyǒu yùxiān shuōmíng de qíngkuàng.

Used to describe a situation where something was not explained in advance.

Examples

• 老板事前没有说明情况，结果导致我们措手不及，真是言之不预啊！

  lǎobǎn shìqián méiyǒu shuōmíng qíngkuàng, jiéguǒ dǎozhì wǒmen cuōshǒubùjí, zhēnshi yán zhī bù yù a！

  The boss didn't explain the situation beforehand, resulting in our unpreparedness. It was truly a case of 'no prior warning'!

Related Idioms

• 事先

• 预告

Opposite Idioms

• 预先说明

• 提前告知