穿凿附会 (穿鑿附會)
chuān záo fù huì
Pinyin
Definition
穿凿附会 (穿鑿附會)
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- to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
- to offer outlandish explanations
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一眼看穿
- 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
- 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
- 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
夤缘攀附
- 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
- 2 social climbing
如蛆附骨
- 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
- 2 fig. fixed on sth
- 3 to cling on without letting go
- 4 to pester obstinately
如蚁附膻
- 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
- 2 the crowd runs after trash