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掩目而捕燕雀. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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cover up; to surprise
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eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
to catch; to seize; to capture
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bramble finch; brambling
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| trad. (掩目而捕燕雀)
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燕雀
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| simp. #(掩目而捕燕雀)
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掩
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燕雀
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| Literally: “to cover one's eyes while (trying to) catch a brambling”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
掩目而捕燕雀
- (literary) to deceive oneself
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