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郑人买履

zhèng rén mǎi lǚ

4-character word Traditional 鄭人買履

What 郑人买履 means

  1. (lit.) the person from Zheng {郑|Zhèng} who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)
  2. (fig.) disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

The characters in 郑人买履

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