筑室道谋 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house ; fig. to have no idea what to do
• without a clue

Character by character

• 筑zhùbuilding; a five-string lute
• 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
• 道dàomethod, way; path, road
• 谋móuto plan, to scheme; strategem

Idioms sharing a character

• 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
• 不安其室 bù ān qí shì
• 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì
• 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
• 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
• 成家立室 chéng jiā lì shì
• 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì
• 空室清野 kōng shì qīng yě
• 芝兰之室 zhī lán zhī shì
• 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò

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