盲从 (盲從)
máng cóng
Pinyin

Definition

盲从 (盲從)
 - 
máng cóng
  1. to follow blindly
  2. to conform slavishly
  3. unthinking obedience

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

盲目
máng mù
  1. 1 blind
  2. 2 blindly
  3. 3 ignorant
  4. 4 lacking understanding
夜盲症
yè máng zhèng
  1. 1 night blindness
  2. 2 nyctalopia
扫盲
sǎo máng
  1. 1 to wipe out illiteracy
文盲
wén máng
  1. 1 illiterate
盲人
máng rén
  1. 1 blind person

Idioms (3)

问道于盲
wèn dào yú máng
  1. 1 lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
众盲摸象
zhòng máng mō xiàng
  1. 1 multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees

Sample Sentences

三从”是-太太 命令 要 服从;太太 外出 要 跟从;太太 说错 要 盲从。"四德"是-太太 买 东西 要 舍得;太太 生日 要 记得;太太 发威 要 忍得;太太 未归 要 等得。
sāncóng ”shì -tàitai mìnglìng yào fúcóng ;tàitai wàichū yào gēncóng ;tàitai shuōcuò yào mángcóng 。" "shì -tàitai mǎi dōngxi yào ;tàitai shēngrì yào jìde ;tàitai fāwēi yào rěnde ;tàitai wèiguī yào děngde 。
The ''three submissions" are: you need to obey your wife's orders; you need to follow your wife when she goes out; and you need to follow blindly when your wife says something wrong. The four virtues are: you need to buy whatever your wife wants; remember your wife's birthday; you need to buckle down and take it when your wife is in a rage; when your wife hasn't come back, you need to wait for her.
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