大葫芦

惠huì子zi种zhòng了le一yí个gè大dà葫hú芦lú，大dà得de能néng装zhuāng五wǔ石shí，可kě盛chéng水shuǐ太tài软ruǎn，做zuò瓢piáo太tài大dà，没有méi yǒu用处yòng chu就jiù把bǎ它tā砸zá了le。

Huizi grew a giant gourd, too soft to hold water, too big for a ladle, and smashed it as useless.

庄zhuāng子zi说shuō：你nǐ不bú会huì用yòng大dà——可以kě yǐ把bǎ它tā做zuò成chéng大dà瓠hù，浮fú在zài江jiāng湖hú上shàng，何必hé bì砸zá它tā？

Zhuangzi said: you don't know how to use big things, tie it as a float and drift on the lakes!

惠huì子zi说shuō樗chū树shù树shù干gān歪wāi歪wāi扭niǔ扭niǔ不成bù chéng材cái。庄zhuāng子zi说shuō：把bǎ它tā种zhòng在zài无wú何hé有yǒu之zhī乡xiāng，人rén躺tǎng在zài树shù下xià逍遥xiāo yáo自在zì zai——不成bù chéng材cái的de树shù，刀dāo斧fǔ都dōu不bù砍kǎn它tā，正zhèng可以kě yǐ安ān睡shuì。

His gnarled tree was 'unusable', Zhuangzi said: plant it in nowhere-land and nap beneath it; the useless tree escapes the axe.

没用méi yòng处chù的de东西dōng xi，是shì因为yīn wèi你nǐ没méi找zhǎo对duì地方dì fang用yòng它tā。

What you call useless just hasn't found its place, uselessness can be its own safety.