覆鹿寻蕉 — “Cover a deer, search for firewood”
覆鹿寻蕉 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mistake reality for a dream or illusion, often leading to confusion and errors; to be unable to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined”. Literally, “Cover a deer, search for firewood”.
覆鹿寻蕉 Pronunciation and Pinyin
覆鹿寻蕉 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 覆鹿寻蕉
Once, a man from the State of Zheng was gathering firewood in the wilderness when he spotted an injured deer. He killed the deer and, fearing pursuers, quickly hid it in a ditch, covering it with some plantain leaves.
As night fell, he tried to locate the deer to take it home, but despite his efforts, he couldn't find it anywhere. Eventually, he gave up, convincing himself that the entire event had merely been a dream.
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- fù覆qián前jiè戒hòu后learn from past mistakes
- fù覆qù去fān翻lái来toss and turn repeatedly
- fù覆dì地fān翻tiān天cause earth-shaking changes
- fù覆zōng宗miè灭sì祀destroy family line and ancestral worship
- fù覆zōng宗jué绝sì嗣destroy the clan and end the family line
- fù覆cháo巢qīng倾luǎn卵When the main entity is destroyed, all constituents suffer
- fù覆cháo巢wú无wán完luǎn卵When the group falls, no one escapes harm
- fù覆cháo巢huǐ毁luǎn卵If the whole is destroyed, no part remains intact
- fù覆cháo巢pò破luǎn卵When the nest overturns, no egg is whole
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Open the tool →Questions about 覆鹿寻蕉
What does 覆鹿寻蕉 mean?
覆鹿寻蕉 (fù lù xún jiāo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mistake reality for a dream or illusion, often leading to confusion and errors; to be unable to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined”.
How do you pronounce 覆鹿寻蕉?
覆鹿寻蕉 is pronounced fù lù xún jiāo in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 覆鹿寻蕉 literally mean?
Literally, 覆鹿寻蕉 means “Cover a deer, search for firewood”. It is used to mean “to mistake reality for a dream or illusion, often leading to confusion and errors; to be unable to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined”.
Where does 覆鹿寻蕉 come from?
覆鹿寻蕉 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 覆鹿寻蕉?
覆：遮盖；蕉：同“樵”，柴。比喻把真事看作梦幻而一再失误。