朽木不可雕也

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  • Rotten wood cannot be carved;Decayed wood cannot be carved -- a useless fellow;A useless man cannot be made good;a helpless case;an intractable person
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朽木不可雕也[xiǔ mù bù kě diāo yě]
  1. 朽木不可雕也,粪土之墙不可圬也。(《论语》)

    Rotten wood cannot be carved , nor a wall of dried dung be trowelled .

  2. 你可以教训那个家伙,可是朽木不可雕也。朽木不可雕,最贤良,最肯牺牲的妻子也不可能把一个奥斯华德变成一个阿诺德·贝内特。这个道理朱莉娅懂得太晚了。

    Too late Julia realized that the best and the most-sacrificing of wives can not make a silk purse out of a sow 's ear , an Arnold Bennett out of an Oswald .

  3. 它在一个地窖里还有一座圆雕的耶稣受难像和一个镀金的木雕太阳,都是奇妙无比的东西。朽木不可雕也。坏材料做不出好东西。

    It has , also , a crucifixion in high relief , in a cellar , with a sun of gilded wood . These things are fairly marvellous . cannot make a silk purse out of a sow ' ear .