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郢yǐng
  • Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
🖌️ 郢 Strokes
郢yǐng书shū燕yān说shuō
Trad. 郢書燕說
  • 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"
🖌️ 郢 Strokes 🖌️ 书 Strokes 🖌️ 燕 Strokes 🖌️ 说 Strokes

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