拾人牙慧 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to pick up what others say ; to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
• to parrot

Character by character

• 拾shíto collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers'
• 人rénman, person; people
• 牙yátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
• 慧huìbright, intelligent; intelligence

Idioms sharing a character

• 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
• 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
• 拾人涕唾 shí rén tì tuò
• 拾级而上 shè jí ér shàng
• 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
• 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi
• 路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí
• 道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí
• 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ

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