筑室道谋 — Chinese idiom
筑室道谋
zhù shì dào móu
Traditional: 築室道謀
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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