扣盤捫燭扣槃捫燭kòu pán mén zhú[said of a blind man] strike the copper basin and feel the candle (in order to find out what the sun is like)—take a one-sided approach to problems;know sth.only superficially
? 那位老人常告誡他的兒子們，勿“～”。他指出：一知半解會鑄成大錯的。The old man often told his sons not to “strike the copper basin and feel the candle to find out the shape of the sun”，as he pointed out that half-baked knowledge would lead to great blunders. 扣盤捫燭盤（槃）kòu pán mén zhú扣：敲擊；捫：撫摸。比喻認識有片面性，沒有把握要領和本質。know superficially, take a one-sided approach to problems, one’s limited understanding |