覆蕉寻鹿 — “Cover firewood to search for a deer”
覆蕉寻鹿 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to treat a real event as an illusion or a dream, leading to repeated mistakes or misjudgments; to be deluded and unable to distinguish reality from imagination”. Literally, “Cover firewood to search for a deer”.
覆蕉寻鹿 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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Origin and Story of 覆蕉寻鹿
Once upon a time, a man from the state of Zheng was chopping firewood in the wilderness. He saw an injured deer run past, so he killed it.
Fearing that hunters might pursue him, he hid the dead deer in a small ditch and covered it with some plantain leaves.
When night fell, he wanted to find the deer and carry it home, but he couldn't find it no matter how hard he searched.
So, he gave up and just considered it all 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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What does 覆蕉寻鹿 mean?
覆蕉寻鹿 (fù jiāo xún lù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to treat a real event as an illusion or a dream, leading to repeated mistakes or misjudgments; to be deluded and unable to distinguish reality from imagination”.
How do you pronounce 覆蕉寻鹿?
覆蕉寻鹿 is pronounced fù jiāo xún lù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 覆蕉寻鹿 literally mean?
Literally, 覆蕉寻鹿 means “Cover firewood to search for a deer”. It is used to mean “to treat a real event as an illusion or a dream, leading to repeated mistakes or misjudgments; to be deluded and unable to distinguish reality from imagination”.
Where does 覆蕉寻鹿 come from?
覆蕉寻鹿 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 覆蕉寻鹿?
覆：遮盖；蕉：同“樵”，柴。比喻把真事看作梦幻而一再失误