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郢書燕說

YǐngshūYānshuō

ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ

Simplified 郢书燕说

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  1. 1lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
  2. 2fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
  3. 3to pile up errors
  4. 4refers 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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