人们往往会用“呆若木鸡”形容一个人有些呆头呆脑、痴傻发愣的样子。然而,“呆若木鸡”最初的含义和现在的用法没有丝毫关系,反倒是一个褒义词。“呆若木鸡”出自《庄子·达生》,原本是个寓言。故事讲的是,因为齐王爱好斗鸡,一个叫纪渻子的人就专门为齐王训练斗鸡。过了十天,齐王问纪渻子是否训练好了,纪渻子回答说还没有,这只鸡表面看起来气势汹汹的,其实没有什么底气。又过了十天,齐王再次询问,纪渻子说还不行,因为它一看到别的鸡 People tend to use “dumb chicken ” to describe a person some dull, silly daze look. However, the original meaning of “dumb chicken” has nothing to do with the current usage, but rather a commendatory term. “Dumbo chicken” from “Chuang Tzu”, was originally a parable. The story is that, because Qi Wang loves cockfighting, a man named Ji Ruzi specifically trained King cocki. After ten days, Qi asks if the discipline prickly heat is well trained. Ji Ji-son replied that there is no such thing as this. The surface of the chicken looks menacing. In fact, he does not have any clout. After another ten days, Qi Wang asked again, Ji Chi said it would not work, because it saw other chickens