挹取
yì qǔ
Pinyin
Definition
挹取
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- to ladle out
- to scoop up
Character Decomposition
Idioms (17)
以貌取人
- 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
借资挹注
- 1 to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
取长补短
- 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- 2 to use this in place of that
- 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
- 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
- 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
- 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions