郢书燕说 - Yǐng shū Yān shuō - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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郢书燕说 (郢書燕說)

(lit.) Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
(fig.) to misinterpret the original meaning
to pile up errors
refers to the letter from capital 郢 of 楚 in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 as "promote the wise"

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