[a custom of telling a child’s fortune by placing various emblems before him and letting him choose one on his one year birthday] 旧俗,婴儿周岁时,摆放各种物品任其抓取,用来预测婴儿将来的志向、爱好等
◎ 抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr-náosāi[scratch one’s head (as a sign of anxiety)] 乱抓耳朵和腮帮子。形容焦急、忙乱或苦闷得无法可施的样子。也形容高兴而不能自持的样子-----------------国语辞典:抓抓耳朵,搔搔腮帮子。形容人在喜悦、生气、焦急或苦闷时的神情。《西游记.第一回》:「那些猴有胆大的,都跳进去了,胆小的,一个个伸头缩颈,抓耳挠腮,大声叫喊,缠一会,也都进去了。」《红楼梦.第一二回》:「贾瑞听了,喜的抓耳挠腮。」也作「爬耳搔腮」、「抓耳搔腮」。
◎ 周瑜 Zhōu Yú[Zhou Yu(Chou Yü)] (175—210) 中国三国时吴国名将。庐江舒(今安徽舒城)人。字公瑾。208年曹操占荆州后,统水陆两军数十万,试图南下,一举击灭东吴。瑜与鲁肃审时度势,指出曹操冒险用兵四患,并亲率吴军与刘备联军,大破曹操于赤壁-----------------国语辞典:人名。(西元175~210)字公瑾,汉末舒(今安徽省庐江县)人。有文武才,辅佐孙策平定江东,为吴水军都督,败曹操于赤壁,拜前将军,领南郡太守。也称为「周郎」、「周公瑾」。英语 Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang法语 Zhou Yu