近亲繁殖 jìn qīn fán zhí Inbreeding

Explanation

近亲繁殖是指亲缘关系很近的个体之间进行交配繁殖。在生物学上，近亲繁殖会导致基因缺陷，从而影响后代的健康。在社会上，近亲繁殖也常用来比喻在用人方面任人唯亲，导致机构缺乏活力，阻碍发展。

Inbreeding refers to mating and reproduction between individuals with close kinship. In biology, inbreeding can lead to genetic defects, thus affecting the health of offspring. In society, inbreeding is also often used to describe nepotism, which leads to a lack of vitality and hinders development in institutions.

Origin Story

在一个偏远的小山村，世代居住着一个姓王的家族。由于地处偏远，家族成员很少与外界通婚，几百年来一直实行着近亲结婚的习俗。起初，村民们并没有意识到这种做法的危害，认为这是家族传承的传统，是维系家族凝聚力的重要方式。然而，随着时间的推移，这个家族中逐渐出现了一些奇怪的现象：智力低下、先天性疾病、畸形儿等等。村里人也开始议论纷纷，一些年轻的王氏族人开始觉醒，他们意识到近亲结婚会给后代带来严重的健康问题。他们决定打破这种陈旧的传统，积极与外村人通婚，寻求新的生活方式。经过几代人的努力，王氏家族逐渐摆脱了近亲结婚的阴影，家族成员的身体素质和智力水平都有了显著的提高，村子也焕发了新的生机。

zài yīgè piānyuǎn de xiǎo shāncūn, shìdài jūzhù zhe yīgè xìng wáng de jiāzú。yóuyú dì chù piānyuǎn, jiāzú chéngyuán hěn shǎo yǔ wàijiè tōnghūn, jǐ bǎi nián lái yīzhí shíxíng zhe jìn qīn jiéhūn de xísú。qǐ chū, cūn mín men bìng méiyǒu yìshí dào zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ de wēihài, rènwéi zhè shì jiāzú chuánchéng de chuántǒng, shì wéixí jiāzú jūnjí lì de zhòngyào fāngshì。rán'ér, suízhe shíjiān de tuīyí, zhège jiāzú zhōng zhújiàn chūxiàn le yīxiē qíguài de xiànxiàng：zhìlì dīxià, xiāntiānxìng jíbìng, qíxíng'ér děngděng。cūn lǐ rén yě kāishǐ yìlùn fēnfēn, yīxiē niánqīng de wáng shì zúrén kāishǐ juéxǐng, tāmen yìshí dào jìn qīn jiéhūn huì gěi hòudài dài lái yánzhòng de jiànkāng wèntí。tāmen juédìng dǎ pò zhè zhǒng chénjiù de chuántǒng, jījí yǔ wàicūn rén tōnghūn, xúnqiú xīn de shēnghuó fāngshì。jīngguò jǐ dài rén de nǔlì, wáng shì jiāzú zhújiàn tuóbǎi le jìn qīn jiéhūn de yǐngzi, jiāzú chéngyuán de shēntǐ sùzhì hé zhìlì shuǐpíng dōu yǒu le xiǎnzhù de tígāo, cūnzi yě huànfā le xīn de shēngjī。

In a remote mountain village, a Wang family had lived for generations. Because of its remote location, family members rarely intermarried with outsiders, and for hundreds of years, they had practiced the custom of marrying relatives. At first, the villagers did not realize the harm of this practice, believing that it was a family tradition and an important way to maintain the cohesion of the family. However, as time went on, some strange phenomena gradually appeared in this family: mental retardation, congenital diseases, deformed children, etc. The villagers also began to talk about it, and some young Wang clan members began to awaken. They realized that marrying relatives would bring serious health problems to future generations. They decided to break this old tradition and actively intermarried with people from outside villages, seeking a new way of life. After several generations of efforts, the Wang family gradually got rid of the shadow of marrying relatives, the physical fitness and intellectual level of the family members had significantly improved, and the village had also been rejuvenated.

Usage

主要用于形容在人事安排上任人唯亲，或者在生物学上指近亲繁殖。

zhǔyào yòng yú xíngróng zài rén shì ānpái shàng rèn rén wéi qīn, huòzhě zài shēngwù xué shàng zhǐ jìn qīn fán zhí

Mainly used to describe nepotism in personnel arrangements, or in biology to refer to inbreeding.

Examples

• 近亲繁殖会导致基因缺陷。

  jìn qīn fán zhí huì dǎo zhì jī yīn quē xiàn

  Inbreeding can lead to genetic defects.

• 长期近亲繁殖，这个家族的遗传病越来越多。

  cháng qī jìn qīn fán zhí, zhège jiā zú de yí chuán bìng yuè lái yuè duō

  Long-term inbreeding has led to increasing numbers of genetic diseases in this family.

• 某些部门的领导干部任人唯亲，导致近亲繁殖的现象严重。

  mǒu xiē bù mén de lǐng dǎo gàn bù rèn rén wéi qīn, dǎo zhì jìn qīn fán zhí de xiàn xiàng yán zhòng

  The appointment of relatives by leaders in some departments has resulted in a serious problem of inbreeding.

Related Idioms

• 任人唯亲

• 裙带关系

Opposite Idioms

• 优胜劣汰

• 公平竞争