拣佛烧香 — Chinese idiom
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
Traditional: 揀佛燒香
Meaning
- to choose which Buddha to burn incense to ; fig. to curry favor from the right person
Character by character
- 拣jiǎnto choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- 佛fóBuddha; Buddhist
- 烧shāoto burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
- 香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic
Idioms sharing a character
- 披沙拣金 pī shā jiǎn jīn
- 挑肥拣瘦 tiāo féi jiǎn shòu
- 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
- 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
- 数珠念佛 shǔ zhū niàn fó
- 立地成佛 lì dì chéng fó
- 惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn
- 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
- 偷香窃玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù
- 口齿生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
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