巧立名目 — Chinese idiom
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
Meaning
- to fabricate excuses
- to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
Character by character
- 巧qiǎoskillful, ingenious, clever
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
Idioms sharing a character
- 小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
- 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng
- 巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè
- 熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo
- 花言巧语 huā yán qiǎo yǔ
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
- 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng yù lì
- 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān
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