更羸是古时候魏国有名的射箭能手。

　　有一天，更羸跟魏王到郊外去打猎。一只大雁从远处慢慢地飞来，边飞边鸣。更羸仔细看了看，指着大雁对魏王说：“大王，我不用箭，只要拉一下弓，这只大雁就能掉下来。”

　　“是吗？”魏王信不过自己的耳朵，问道，“你有这样的本事？”

　　更羸说：“请让我试一下。”

　　更羸并不取箭，他左手拿弓，右手拉弦，只听得嘣的一声响，那只大雁直往上飞，拍了两下翅膀，忽然从半空里直掉下来。

　　“啊！”魏王看了，大吃一惊，“真有这样的本事！”

　　更羸笑笑说：“不是我的本事大，是因为我知道，这是一只受过箭伤的鸟。”

　　魏王更加奇怪了，问：“你怎么知道的？”

　　更羸说：“它飞得慢，叫的声音很悲惨。飞得慢，因为它受过箭伤，伤口没有愈合，还在作痛；叫得悲惨，因为它离开同伴，孤单失群，得不到帮助。它一听到弦响，心里很害怕，就拼命往高处飞。它一使劲，伤口又裂开了，就掉了下来。”

 这个成语是用来形容：受过惊吓的人，遇到一点的问题就会非常害怕。

In ancient times，A minister was walking with the emperor, they saw a wild goose flying in the air. The minister said to the emperor, "I can make that bird fall by drawing a bow without actually shooting.” The Emperor smiled and said, "Can you really do that?” The minister seemed very confident. Shortly afterwards, the wild goose flew overhead. Then the minister drew his bow and made a loud noise. But the wild goose flew higher and higher. Then the goose flew for a while and fell to the ground. The emperor clapped his hands and said, "Wow, how excellent your archery is!". The minister said: "It had nothing to do with excellent archery. This goose had injury on its body." The emperor was even more surprised. He said: "the wild goose was in the high sky. How did you know it’s injured?" The minister said: "the goose flew very slowly and its cry was very sad. In my experience, it flew slowly because it had injuries. And its cry was very sad because it had been separated from the other geese for so long. This lonely goose was wounded and frightened, so when the goose heard the loud noise, it flew higher and faster. This action took it so much strength and also lacerated its old injury. In the end, the goose fell down.

The literal meaning of “惊弓之鸟” is a bird startled by the mere twang of bow, figuratively it’s used to describe a person who frightens easily, due to past experiences.

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他一回家就写作业。

我一见你就笑。