英文成语故事：后生可畏

后生可畏 [ hòu shēng kě wèi ]

Meaning

【解释】后生：年轻人，后辈；畏：敬畏。年轻人是可敬畏的。形容青年人能超过前辈。
【出自】《论语·子罕》：“后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也。”
【近义词】 大器晚成 少年老成
【反义词】 乳臭未干 少不更事 乳臭未除
【英译】A youth is to be regarded with respect -- the younger generation will surpass the older./A ragged colt may make a good horse./An after-born should be feared./Every oak has been an acorn./Juniors are to be respected./There is no limits to the youngster's promise./The rising generation is to be reckoned with./The young deserve to be treated with respect./The young are to be regarded with awe./Youth are to be regarded with respect.

Learning Chinese
1.见到孔子，他上前施礼道：“仲尼好学，遐迩闻名，后生可畏，老朽不及。”
Upon seeing Confucius, he said, "You are well-known for your willingness to learn, and that's quite beyond me. "

2.当我了解到作者才35岁，还不足我年龄一半的时候，更惊羡他青年有为，后生可畏，和他艺术生命的强劲。
At 35 years old, not half of my life, he has achieved such accomplishments and enjoyed a strong life tension of art, which I exclaim in great surprise.

3.当几代创业英雄并肩而立时，尹明善、柳传志们一定感觉到并欣喜于马云们的后生可畏；
When several generations of entrepreneurial heroes stand side by side, and immediately, Yin Mingshan, Liu Chuanzhi have a certain feeling and delight in Ma's ability;

4.虽然我不是一个老人，但是我不得不说一句：后生可畏!
Though I am far from an old man, I have to say that the younger generation is always awesome.

5.先生可敬，后生可畏，成了人类社会进化提升的至理名言，道德经典。
Teachers are to be respected and an after-born should be feared. This has become the saying of human evolution, of the society and morality.


Chinese version

孔子在游历的时候，碰见三个小孩子，有两个正在玩耍，另一个却站在旁边。孔觉得很奇怪，于是就问道：你为什么不和他们玩？
　　那个小孩答道：激烈的打闹能害人的性命，拉拉扯扯的玩耍也会伤人的身体；再退一步说，撕破了衣服，也没什么好处，所以我不愿意和他们玩。有什么奇怪的呢？
　　过了一会儿，小孩用泥土堆成一座城堡，自己坐在里面，好久不出来，也不给准备动身的孔子让路。孔子问他为什么不避让车子，他说：我只听说车子要绕城走，没听过城堡还要避车子的。孔子听后非常惊讶，觉得这么小的孩子竟说出如此有道理的话，实在是了不起。那孩子又说：我听人说，鱼生下来，三天就会游泳；兔生下来，三天就能在地里跑；马生下来，三天就可以跟母马行走了……这都是自然的事，有什么大小可言呢？孔子赞叹道：我现在才知道少年人实在了不得呀！
　　后生可畏：赞扬少年聪明努力，有光明的前途。
《论语·子罕》：后生可畏，焉知来者之不如也！


English version

Confucius was traveling when he met three children; two of them were playing, and the other was standing beside them. Confucius felt strange and asked the child standing why he didn't play together. The child seriously replied: "Intense fighting can kill people's lives; pulling and pushing play can also hurt the body; So I don't want to play with them. What's so strange about that?"
After a few moments, the child piled into a castle with the earth; he sat inside it for a long time without coming out, being in the way of Confucius. Confucius couldn't help but ask, “You're still sitting in it; why don't you keep away from the car?” “I've only heard that the car has to go around the city, I've never heard of the castle has to avoid the car!" the child said. Confucius was very surprised, thinking such a small child could say something great, and he was sure to be somebody later, so he praised him and said: "You are so young, but know quite a lot." The child replied: "I hear people say after a fish is born, in three days it can swim; after a rabbit is born, in three days it can run on the ground; and after a horse is born, in three days it can walk with his mother. These things are quite natural. Is there anything to do with age?" Confucius could not help but sigh and say: "Well, I now know that the young people are really great!"