Looking at the shadow and speculating(wàng yǐng chuāi qíng)

Looking at the shadow and speculating

It's Chinese vocabulary.

Pinyin: W à ngy à ngchu à IQ í ng

Interpretation: refers to the observation of the appearance of things that can measure its essence

explain

It means to observe the appearance of things, that is, to know their essence.

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1. Lu Ji, a Literary Anthology: "the poor God looks at the world, and looks at the shadow and guesses the feeling. There is no hidden plan for ghosts and no hiding form for things. " Liu Liang notes: "the words of observation, see its shape and shadow, has been able to guess its feelings, do not know the ear."

2. In Tang Dynasty, Li Deyu gave Zhang Zhongwu the system of appeasing Uighur envoys in the East: "therefore, he was able to guess from the shadow, and had already explored the skill of captivity; he was not only able to break his courage by hearing the wind, but also to strengthen his heart of loyalty."

Chinese PinYin : wàng yǐng chuāi qíng