轻举妄动 — Chinese idiom
轻举妄动
qīng jǔ wàng dòng
Traditional: 輕舉妄動
Meaning
- to act blindly without thinking
Character by character
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 人微言轻 rén wēi yán qīng
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 年轻力壮 nián qīng lì zhuàng
- 年轻气盛 nián qīng qì shèng
- 掉以轻心 diào yǐ qīng xīn
- 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng
- 举足轻重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng
- 轻口薄舌 qīng kǒu bó shé
- 轻嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé
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