拣佛烧香 — Chinese idiom

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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