鹦鹉学舌 yingwu xueshe parrot

Explanation

比喻模仿别人说话，缺乏自己的见解。

It is used to describe someone who imitates others without their own views.

Origin Story

从前，有一个小孩很喜欢鹦鹉。他每天都去动物园看鹦鹉，鹦鹉美丽的羽毛和灵活的动作深深吸引着他。有一天，小孩的父母给他买了一只漂亮的鹦鹉。他高兴极了，每天都和鹦鹉说话，教它说各种话。鹦鹉很聪明，很快就学会了说一些简单的词语。小孩非常得意，每天都带着鹦鹉到处炫耀。但是，鹦鹉只会重复小孩说的话，并不能表达自己的想法。有一天，小孩带着鹦鹉去公园玩，遇到一个老爷爷。老爷爷问鹦鹉：“你会说话吗？”鹦鹉立刻重复小孩教它说的话：“你好，老爷爷！”老爷爷笑了笑说：“这只鹦鹉挺聪明的，但是它只会学人说话，没有自己的想法。”小孩听了很不好意思，这才明白鹦鹉学舌的真正含义。从此以后，小孩不再只顾着让鹦鹉学人说话，而是用心去了解鹦鹉，并尝试与它进行真正的交流。

congqian, you yige xiaohuai hen xihuan yingwu。ta meitian dou qu dongwuyuan kan yingwu, yingwu meili de yumao he linhuao de dongzuo shen shen xiyin zhe ta。you yitian, xiaohuai de fumu gei ta mai le yi zhi piaoliang de yingwu。ta gao xing jile, meitian dou he yingwu shuohua, jiao ta shuo ge zhong hua。yingwu hen congming, hen kuai jiu xuehuile shuo yixie jiandan de ciyu。xiaohuai feichang deyi, meitian dou daizhe yingwu daochu xuanyao。danshi, yingwu zhihui chongfu xiaohuai shuo de hua, bing buneng biaoda ziji de xiangfa。you yitian, xiaohuai daizhe yingwu qu gongyuan wan, yudaoyige lao yeye。lao yeye wen yingwu："ni hui shuohua ma？" yingwu li ke chongfu xiaohuai jiao ta shuo de hua："ni hao, lao yeye！" lao yeye xiaole xiaoshuo："zhe zhi yingwu ting congming de, danshi ta zhihui xue ren shuohua, meiyou ziji de xiangfa。" xiaohuai ting le hen bu haoyisi, zhe cai mingbai yingwu xueshe de zhenzheng hanyici。congci yihou, xiaohuai bu zai zhi gu zhe rang yingwu xue ren shuohua, er shi yongxin qu liaojie yingwu, bing changshi yu ta jinxing zhenzheng de jiaoliu。

Once upon a time, there was a child who loved parrots very much. Every day, he would go to the zoo to watch the parrots. Their beautiful feathers and agile movements deeply attracted him. One day, the child's parents bought him a beautiful parrot. He was very happy and talked to the parrot every day, teaching it to speak various words. The parrot was very clever and quickly learned to say some simple words. The child was very proud and showed off the parrot everywhere every day. However, the parrot could only repeat what the child said and could not express its own thoughts. One day, the child took the parrot to the park to play and met an old grandfather. The old grandfather asked the parrot: "Can you speak?" The parrot immediately repeated the words the child had taught it: "Hello, grandpa!" The old grandfather smiled and said: "This parrot is quite clever, but it can only learn to speak like a human, and it does not have its own ideas." The child was very embarrassed and finally understood the true meaning of "parroting". From then on, the child no longer focused on letting the parrot repeat human speech, but tried to understand the parrot and attempted to have real communication with it.

Usage

常用作谓语、状语；形容人没有主见，只会盲目地模仿别人。

changyong zuo weiyugu, zhuangyu; xingrong ren meiyou zhujian, zhihui mangmu de mimang bieren。

It is often used as a predicate or adverbial modifier to describe someone who is opinionless and blindly imitates others.

Examples

• 他总是鹦鹉学舌，别人说什么他就跟着说什么。

  ta zongshi yingwu xueshe, bieren shuo shenme ta jiu genzhe shuo shenme。

  He always parrots what others say.

• 会议上，小李只是鹦鹉学舌，没有自己的见解。

  huiyi shang, xiao li zhishi yingwu xueshe, meiyou ziji de jiangjie。

  At the meeting, Xiao Li just parroted what others said without his own opinions.

Related Idioms

• 人云亦云

• 拾人牙慧

Opposite Idioms

• 独树一帜

• 别具一格