鄭人買履
zhèngrénmǎilǚ
ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˇ
Simplified 郑人买履
- 1(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)
- 2(fig.) disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea