To act rashly(gǔ yán wàng jǔ)

To act rashly

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is g ǔ y á NW à NGJ à, which means to speak casually and act rashly. It comes from the biography of Zhiyu in the book of Jin: "I grew up in a narrow family and didn't catch foreign things. Although I had a talent, I didn't know him. I didn't dare to do anything rashly, so I couldn't answer the sage's questions."

Analysis of Idioms

To speak or act rashly.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhiyu in the book of Jin, it is said that "the officials grow up in a narrow family and don't catch foreign matters. Although they have talents, they don't dare to act rashly, so they can't answer the questions of sages."

Chinese PinYin : gǔ yán wàng jǔ