"Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance" nghĩa là gì?

"Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance" = đừng thả mồi bắt bóng -> câu cảnh báo không chấp nhận điều sai lầm, giả tạo, hời hợt, vô nghĩa thay vì điều đúng, ý nghĩa, có giá trị.

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'Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance'. You lost the substance of the self determination since you are obsessed with Riak.

These are some of the issues we look at and ask; “should we be mourning or celebrating?” In trying to answer that question, we draw from the wisdom of ancient Koreans who admonished (khiển trách, khuyên răn) their wards to “catch not at the shadow, and lose the substance.” Those in government today say you have been honoured and will be forever remembered. We agree, but struggle to reconcile the fact that they are antithetical (phản đề, đối nhau) to your vision for Nigeria, your ethos (đặc tính) and the spirit of the struggle. We give it to them; in the transmutation (chuyển hóa, biến đổi) of June 12, Buhari’s government struck a massive emotional chord. They have caught your shadow. We are more interested in the substance.

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