閉著眼睛捉麻雀
bì​zhe​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què

to act blindly

  • created sense approved 闭着眼睛捉麻雀/閉著眼睛捉麻雀 · bì​zhe​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què · to act blindly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭着眼睛捉麻雀 / 閉著眼睛捉麻雀

    bì​zhe​yǎn​jīng​zhuō​má​què

    to act blindly

    (proverb) to act blindly without understanding the situation or to deceive oneself; literally to try and catch a sparrow with one's eyes closed

    闭 (literal) → 闭/閉 · bì · to close 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 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