Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
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郢 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yǐng in the third tone.
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Pronunciation
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Definitions for 郢 pronounced as yǐng
- Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
Vocabulary
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- lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
- fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
- to pile up errors
- refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"