盲人瞎马 — “Blind person riding a blind horse”
盲人瞎马 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to act blindly or recklessly without proper guidance or foresight, leading to dangerous consequences; rushing headlong into disaster”. Literally, “blind person riding a blind horse”.
盲人瞎马 Pronunciation and Pinyin
盲人瞎马 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 盲人瞎马
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the famous writer Gu Kaizhi was visiting Yin Zhongkan's home. Heng Xuan, son of Huan Wen, was also present.
The three of them were playing a word game, drawing lots and focusing on words related to 'danger' (危). They came up with phrases such as "Using a spearhead to wash rice and a sword to cook," "An old man of a hundred years climbing a withered branch," and "A baby lying on a well's windlass."
Another person then added, "A blind person rides a blind horse, approaching a deep pond at midnight." Yin Zhongkan, who was one-eyed, was very displeased by this last phrase.
Idioms Related to 盲人瞎马
Synonyms of 盲人瞎马
More idioms starting with 盲
- máng盲rén人mén扪zhú烛
- máng盲rén人bǎ把zhú烛A futile or useless act
- máng盲rén人mō摸xiàng象to mistake a part for the whole
- 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wēng翁mén扪yào钥make rash 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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Open the tool →Questions about 盲人瞎马
What does 盲人瞎马 mean?
盲人瞎马 (máng rén xiā mǎ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to act blindly or recklessly without proper guidance or foresight, leading to dangerous consequences; rushing headlong into disaster”.
How do you pronounce 盲人瞎马?
盲人瞎马 is pronounced máng rén xiā mǎ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 盲人瞎马 literally mean?
Literally, 盲人瞎马 means “blind person riding a blind horse”. It is used to mean “to act blindly or recklessly without proper guidance or foresight, leading to dangerous consequences; rushing headlong into disaster”.
Where does 盲人瞎马 come from?
盲人瞎马 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 盲人瞎马?
盲人骑着瞎马。比喻盲目行动，后果十分危险。