冥行擿埴 — “Walking blindly, tapping the ground”
冥行擿埴 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to grope for knowledge or understanding without a clear method or guidance, exploring blindly in the dark, much like a blind person tapping the ground with a stick at night”. Literally, “Walking blindly, tapping the ground”.
冥行擿埴 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- míng冥rán然wù兀zuò坐sit quietly in absorbed stillness
- míng冥xíng行máng盲suǒ索act blindly, grope in the dark
- míng冥wán顽bú不huà化obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason
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What does 冥行擿埴 mean?
冥行擿埴 (míng xíng zhì zhí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to grope for knowledge or understanding without a clear method or guidance, exploring blindly in the dark, much like a blind person tapping the ground with a stick at night”.
How do you pronounce 冥行擿埴?
冥行擿埴 is pronounced míng xíng zhì zhí in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 冥行擿埴 literally mean?
Literally, 冥行擿埴 means “Walking blindly, tapping the ground”. It is used to mean “to grope for knowledge or understanding without a clear method or guidance, exploring blindly in the dark, much like a blind person tapping the ground with a stick at night”.
What is the Chinese definition of 冥行擿埴?
冥：昏暗；冥行：夜间行路；擿：点；埴：地。夜间摸黑走路，如同盲人拿着手杖点地而行。比喻研求学问，不识门径，暗中探索。