gaze at the wind and seize the shadow

gaze at the wind and seize the shadow

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NGF à NGB à y à ng, which means to refer to unreliable hearsay or superficial phenomenon. From Zhu Zi Quan Shu.

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty wrote in Zhu Zi Quan Shu: "if we do it or not, we will make great progress."

Idiom usage

It means to catch the wind. Chapter 110 of Shi Yukun's "three heroes and five righteousness" in Qing Dynasty: "how can you be personally on the scene and make a clear visit to the water stronghold? It's hard to predict if you want to catch a shadow." No matter how unreasonable, he believed them and extended them to the Japanese. Lao She's four generations in one hall