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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
[Ying3] /Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县/ 6813 1
郢書燕說 郢书燕说 [Ying3 shu1 Yan1 shuo1] /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"/ 5396 1

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