《运斤成风》成语英译与典故

九十六、运斤成风

从前楚国的郢（yǐnɡ）都有个好工匠，

工匠姓石会使斧，

使斧头的技艺实在神奇。

有个人想试试他的真本领，

就把工匠请回家，

在鼻子上抹了一块白灰泥，

灰泥在鼻尖像苍蝇翅，

叫工匠用斧头给他砍下去。

这工匠抡起斧头一阵风，

砍掉灰丝毫没有伤到鼻尖皮。

巧工匠砍罢提斧头站一旁，

那个人佩服得了不得。

古代“斤”字本指斧，

“运斤成风”作成语，

含义是：

本领真正学到家，

使用起来就能出神入化显神奇。

青年朋友要记住，

为了建设富强国，

我们一定要练就那：

“运斤成风”过硬的真功底。

Whirl the Hatchet Like Wind Blowing

Once in Ying City，in the State of Chu there was a good craftsman.He had a feat for using his hatchet.One day a man wanted to test his skill，and invited him home.The man put a speck of chalk on the tip of his nose，then asked the craftsman to scrape it off.The craftsman whirled his hatchet like a puff of wind，and removed every bit of the chalk without any injury to the nose.The craftsman stood holding his hatchet.The man who wanted to test him worshiped him as a real hero.

This denotes that if you practice and practice and reach perfection，miracles will surely occur.