follow suit without knowing why

follow suit without knowing why

Dwarf Guanchang is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ǎ IR é NGU ā NCH á ng, which means that you only know how to agree with others, but you don't have your own opinions. It's also a metaphor for not being knowledgeable.

usage

It is used as object and attribute to describe being ignorant and following others' advice

explain

Metaphor only knows to agree with others, but has no own opinion. It's also a metaphor for not being knowledgeable

source

Yang Shen's Sheng'an Shihua Laozi on nature in Ming Dynasty: "if you know that it comes from Laozi, the Confucianists in Song Dynasty will wash away the dirt and ask for blemishes, and the songs will be ridiculed; but if you know that it comes from classics, you will protect and praise it. This is also the view of dwarves