燕雀处堂
yàn​què​chǔ​táng

to live in a fool's paradise

  • created sense approved 燕雀处堂/燕雀處堂 · yàn​què​chǔ​táng · to live in a fool's paradise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燕雀处堂 / 燕雀處堂

    yàn​què​chǔ​táng

    to live in a fool's paradise

    Literally "swallows and sparrows living in a hall"; describes someone who is living comfortably and has lost their vigilance, unaware that a great disaster is about to happen.

    yàn​què​chù​táng

    燕雀 (literal) → 燕雀 · yàn​què · swallows and sparrows 处 (literal) → 处/處 · chǔ · to reside 堂 (literal) → 堂 · táng · hall

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