Catch a glimpse(wàng kōng zhuō yǐng)

Catch a glimpse

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NGK à ngzhu à y à ng. Figurative speech and action are based on specious signs. It's from xingshihengyan.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: catch the wind and catch the shadow

The origin of Idioms

The twenty seventh volume of Xingshi Hengyan written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "only by a few words, we can catch a shadow in order to trap a minister."

Chinese PinYin : wàng kōng zhuō yǐng