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.
Chinese PinYin : yuán kǒng fāng mù
Round hole square wood
wring one 's heart to the very core. bēi tòng yù jué
Dethrone extravagance and advocate thrift. chù shē chóng jiǎn
the enemy approached the walls. jūn lín chéng xià
correct evil doings and revert to good deeds. gǎi guò qiān shàn