Round hole square wood

Round hole square wood

Round hole square wood, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu á NK ǒ NGF ā NGM ù, which means to put square wood into a round hole. Metaphors are not compatible. From the biography of lanterns in Jingde.

The origin of Idioms

According to the Song Dynasty's Shi Daoyuan's biography of lanterns in Jingde, "if you use the limited mind for the infinite, it's like making a round hole with a square wood."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive.