郢书燕说 [Ying3 shu1 Yan1 shuo1]

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简体：郢书燕说 / 繁体：郢书燕说 / 拼音：Ying3 shu1 Yan1 shuo1

中文

简体	郢	书	燕	说
繁体	郢	書	燕	說
	yǐng	shū	yān	shuō

英文

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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