藍色窗簾

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Chinese

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the color blue window curtain
trad. (藍色窗簾) 藍色 窗簾
simp. (蓝色窗帘) 蓝色 窗帘
Literally: “blue window curtain”.

Etymology

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Said to originate from an exam question in which the candidates were asked to explain why the author mentioned that the window curtains are blue in colour. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “does the purported original exam question exist?”)

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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藍色窗簾

  1. (originally Internet slang) to overinterpret the author's intention; to incorrectly read the author's mind

Synonyms

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