Pinyin Dictionary results for "ying shu yan shuo"

郢书燕说
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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