妄生穿凿 — Chinese idiom
妄生穿凿
wàng shēng chuān záo
Traditional: 妄生穿鑿
Meaning
- a forced analogy ; to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
Character by character
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 穿chuānto drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
- 凿záochisel; to bore, to pierce
Idioms sharing a character
- 妄下雌黄 wàng xià cí huáng
- 妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà
- 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó
- 妄言妄听 wàng yán wàng tīng
- 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng
- 轻举妄动 qīng jǔ wàng dòng
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 一线生机 yī xiàn shēng jī
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
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