拾人牙慧 — Chinese idiom
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
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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