移花接木
yí huā jiē mù
Pinyin
Definition
移花接木
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- lit. to graft flowers onto a tree
- to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to receive
- 2 to answer (the phone)
- 3 to meet or welcome sb
- 4 to connect
- 5 to catch
- 6 to join
- 7 to extend
- 8 to take one's turn on duty
- 9 to take over for sb
- 1 to accept
- 2 to receive
- 1 surname Mu
- 1 fireworks
- 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
- 2 immediate
- 3 straightforward
Idioms (20)
一木难支
- 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is helpless alone
上气不接下气
- 1 out of breath (idiom)
- 2 to gasp for air
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
- 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
- 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
- 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism