妄下雌黄 — Chinese idiom
妄下雌黄
wàng xià cí huáng
Traditional: 妄下雌黃
Meaning
- to alter a text indiscriminately
- to make irresponsible criticism
Character by character
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 雌cífemale; feminine; gentle, soft
- 黄huángyellow; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 妄生穿凿 wàng shēng chuān záo
- 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
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 不愧下学 bù kuì xià xué
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