盲幹

Chinese

		blind	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (盲幹)		盲	幹
simp. (盲干)		盲	干

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mánggàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄍㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mánggàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄍㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mánggàn
  - Wade–Giles: mang²-kan⁴
  - Yale: máng-gàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manggann
  - Palladius: мангань (manganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ kän⁵¹/

Verb

盲幹

to act blindly; to act without thinking
- 魯莽家不知改變，或不願改變，只是一味盲幹，結果又非碰壁不可。 [MSC, trad.]
  鲁莽家不知改变，或不愿改变，只是一味盲干，结果又非碰壁不可。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Lǔmǎngjiā bù zhī gǎibiàn, huò bù yuàn gǎibiàn, zhǐshì yīwèi mánggàn, jiéguǒ yòu fēi pèngbì bùkě. [Pinyin]
  A rash person who does not understand the need for such alterations or is unwilling to make them, but who acts blindly, will inevitably run their head against a brick wall.