借题发挥 (借題發揮)
jiè tí fā huī
Pinyin
Definition
借题发挥 (借題發揮)
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- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
- to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to lend
- 2 to borrow
- 3 by means of
- 4 to take (an opportunity)
- 1 to use as an excuse
- 2 on the pretext
- 3 excuse
- 4 pretext
- 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
- 1 to draw support from
- 2 with the help of
- 1 to stay with sb
- 2 to ask for lodging
Idioms (10)
以免借口
- 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人
- 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古讽今
- 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂
- 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
借东风
- 1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
- 2 fig. to use sb's help