烘云托月 — Chinese idiom
烘云托月
hōng yún tuō yuè
Traditional: 烘雲托月
Meaning
- lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon ; fig. a foil
- a contrasting character to a main hero
Character by character
- 烘hōngto bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 托tuōto raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
- 月yuèmoon; month
Idioms sharing a character
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
- 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
- 堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng
- 拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì
- 朱云折槛 zhū yún zhé jiàn
- 波谲云诡 bō jué yún guǐ
- 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù
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