on the basis of one-sided viewpoint(máng rén mō xiàng)

on the basis of one-sided viewpoint

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m á NgR é nm ō Xi à ng, which means that the metaphor of things only by one-sided understanding or partial experience, random guess, want to make a comprehensive judgment; partial generalization, can not understand the truth. From the great Nirvana Sutra 32.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] peep at the leopard from a tube, sit in the well and observe the sky antonym] see everything, look up and observe

The origin of Idioms

"Daban Nirvana Sutra" 32: "the person who touches the teeth is like the root of radish, the person who touches the ear is like a dustpan, the person who touches the nose is like a stone, the person who touches the foot is like a mortar, the person who touches the spine is like a bed, the person who touches the abdomen is like an urn, and the person who touches the tail is like a rope."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object, attribute, clause; with derogatory meaning. The fourth volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in Qing Dynasty: collecting all kinds of sundries, collecting all kinds of things with one bag of gold and four shouts like ~, only getting one limb, thinking that the whole body. Lu Xun's this is also life: people who write biographies to celebrities are mostly just showing their characteristics So what you see is like ~.

Idioms and allusions

The great Nirvana Sutra 32: at that time, the king called all the blind people to ask, "do you see the elephant?" The blind said, "I have seen it." Wang Yan: "what kind of elephant?" The person who touches the teeth is like a radish root, the person who touches the ear is like a dustpan, the person who touches the nose is like a stone, the person who touches the foot is like a mortar, the person who touches the spine is like a bed, the person who touches the abdomen is like a jar, and the person who touches the tail is like a rope. The king asked the blind, "have you all touched the elephant?" The blind answered in unison, "I've touched the elephant!" Wang said, "each of you will tell us what an elephant looks like." If you touch an elephant's teeth, you say it looks like a turnip; if you touch an elephant's ears, you say it looks like a dustpan; if you touch an elephant's head, you say it looks like a big stone; if you touch an elephant's trunk, you say it looks like a log stick; if you touch an elephant's legs, you say it looks like a wooden mortar; if you touch an elephant's back, you say it looks like a bed; if you touch an elephant's belly, you say it looks like a water jar; if you touch an elephant's tail, you say it looks like a water jar The elephant is like a thick rope.

Chinese PinYin : máng rén mō xiàng