郢书燕说
郢书燕说
Yǐng shū Yān shuō
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it; fig. to misinterpret the original meaning; to pile up errors; refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
verb
Traditional: 郢書燕說
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- (verb) lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
- fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
- to pile up errors
- refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
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