閉塞眼睛捉麻雀
bì​sè​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què

to act blindly

  • created sense approved 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀/閉塞眼睛捉麻雀 · bì​sè​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què · to act blindly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭塞眼睛捉麻雀 / 閉塞眼睛捉麻雀

    bì​sè​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què

    to act blindly

    literally translated as "to catch sparrows while blindfolded"; used as a metaphor for acting blindly or making decisions without investigating the facts

    bì​sè​yǎn​jing​zhuō​má​què

    闭塞 (literal) → 闭塞/閉塞 · bì​sè · to block up 眼睛 (literal) → 眼睛 · yǎn​jing · eye 捉 (literal) → 捉 · zhuō · to catch 麻雀 (literal) → 麻雀 · má​què · sparrow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense