鄭人買履 — zheng4 ren2 mai3 lu:3

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zheng⁴

lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 [Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)/fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

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ren²

lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 [Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)/fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

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mai³

lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 [Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)/fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

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lu:³

lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 [Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)/fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

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