掩目捕雀

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	to catch; to seize; to capture	bird; lentigo; sparrow
trad. (掩目捕雀)		掩	目	捕	雀
simp. #(掩目捕雀)		掩	目	捕	雀
Literally: “to cover one's eyes while (trying to) catch a brambling”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnmùbǔquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnmùbǔquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnmùbǔcyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-mu⁴-pu³-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-mù-bǔ-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanmuhbuuchiueh
    • Palladius: яньмубуцюэ (janʹmubucjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

Idiom

掩目捕雀

1. (literary) to deceive oneself

Synonyms

• 掩目而捕燕雀 (yǎn mù ér bǔ yànquè)