掩目而捕燕雀

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to catch; to seize; to capture	bramble finch; brambling
trad. (掩目而捕燕雀)		掩	目	而	捕	燕雀
simp. #(掩目而捕燕雀)		掩	目	而	捕	燕雀
Literally: “to cover one's eyes while (trying to) catch a brambling”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn mù ér bǔ yànquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn mù ér bǔ yànquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn mù ér bǔ yàncyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yen³ mu⁴ êrh² pu³ yen⁴-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: yǎn mù ér bǔ yàn-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean muh erl buu yannchiueh
    • Palladius: янь му эр бу яньцюэ (janʹ mu er bu janʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

Idiom

掩目而捕燕雀

1. (literary) to deceive oneself

Synonyms

• 掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 2 (overall work in Mandarin and English)