筑室道谋 (築室道謀)
zhù shì dào móu
Pinyin

Definition

筑室道谋 (築室道謀)
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zhù shì dào móu
  1. lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do
  2. without a clue

Related Words (20)

wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
hòu chē shì
  1. 1 waiting room (for train, bus etc)
gōng dào
  1. 1 justice
  2. 2 fairness
  3. 3 public highway

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical