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郢
書
燕
說
郢
書
燕
說
Definitions4 characters
Ying3 shu1 Yan1 shuo1
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"
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations
郢
書
燕
說

As word

1
Ying3
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"
2
shu1
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"
3
Yan1
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"
4
shuo1
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"