盲人扪烛 — “Blind person touching a candle”
盲人扪烛 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make arbitrary judgments or draw conclusions based on incomplete information, a one-sided view, or limited experience”. Literally, “Blind person touching a candle”.
盲人扪烛 Pronunciation and Pinyin
盲人扪烛 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 盲人扪烛
In ancient times, there was a man who was born blind. He once asked people what the sun was like.
Someone told him the sun resembled a brass plate. When the blind man returned home, he found a brass plate, noticed it could be struck to make a sound, and mistakenly believed that this sound was the sun.
Later, he was told that the sun does not make a sound but gives off heat like a candle. So, he then mistook a candle for the sun.
One day, he discovered that a 'yue' (an ancient wind instrument) looked very similar to a candle, and he also considered it to be the sun.
Idioms Related to 盲人扪烛
Synonyms of 盲人扪烛
More idioms starting with 盲
- máng盲rén人bǎ把zhú烛A futile or useless act
- máng盲rén人xiā瞎mǎ马acting blindly or recklessly
- máng盲rén人shuō说xiàng象Draw conclusions from incomplete information
- máng盲rén人qí骑xiā瞎mǎ马blindly acting without foresight, risking disaster
- máng盲mù目lè乐guān观blindly optimistic
- máng盲mù目chóng崇bài拜blind worship
- máng盲yǎn眼wú无zhū珠willfully blind to the obvious
- máng盲wēng翁mén扪yuè籥make arbitrary judgments from partial understanding
- máng盲zhě者dé得jìng镜unable to function or talent unrecognized
- máng盲fēng风dù妒yǔ雨fierce and violent wind and rain
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What does 盲人扪烛 mean?
盲人扪烛 (máng rén mén zhú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make arbitrary judgments or draw conclusions based on incomplete information, a one-sided view, or limited experience”.
How do you pronounce 盲人扪烛?
盲人扪烛 is pronounced máng rén mén zhú in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 盲人扪烛 literally mean?
Literally, 盲人扪烛 means “Blind person touching a candle”. It is used to mean “to make arbitrary judgments or draw conclusions based on incomplete information, a one-sided view, or limited experience”.
Where does 盲人扪烛 come from?
盲人扪烛 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to the modern era. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 盲人扪烛?
比喻只凭片面了解或局部经验就对事物妄加判断。同“盲翁扪籥”。