引喻失義

Chinese

to lead; to divert (water); to guide allegory to lose; to miss; to fail justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (引喻失義/引喩失義) /
simp. (引喻失义)

Etymology

From Chu Shi Biao [227] by Zhuge Liang:

開張先帝遺德,恢弘志士不宜妄自菲薄引喻失義忠諫 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
开张先帝遗德,恢弘志士不宜妄自菲薄引喻失义忠谏 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 出師表
Chéng yí kāizhāng shèng tīng, yǐ guāng xiāndì yídé, huīhóng zhìshì zhī qì, bùyí wàng zì fěibó, yǐnyù shī yì, yǐ sè zhōngjiàn zhī lù yě. [Pinyin]
Surely, you should lend a sage ear to a broad range of opinions so as to bring further glory to the virtue of the late emperor and enhance the morale of those patriots in the field. You should not be excessively modest or go wrong in following advice lest you block the channel of loyal criticism.

Pronunciation


Idiom

引喻失義

  1. to draw inappropriate analogies

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (引喻失義):
  • Japanese: 引喩失義(いんゆしつぎ) (in'yushitsugi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: 2

Hyōgai
しつ
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
on'yomi
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