Character
| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 4751st character |
| RADICAL | ⾢ (163.7) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 4191 |
state in today's Hubei province
#4751
DEFINITIONS
| 郢 yǐng |
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STROKES
WORDS
| 郢书燕说 yǐng shū yān shuō | 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[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" |
| 郢書燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō | 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[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" |
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