移花接木 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) to graft flowers onto a tree
• (fig.) to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another

Character by character

• 移yíto shift, to move about, to drift
• 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 接jiēto connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answe
• 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden

Idioms sharing a character

• 愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān
• 本性难移 běn xìng nán yí
• 游移不定 yóu yí bù dìng
• 确凿不移 què záo bù yí
• 移情别恋 yí qíng bié liàn
• 移风易俗 yí fēng yì sú
• 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
• 名花有主 míng huā yǒu zhǔ
• 天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì
• 奇花异草 qí huā yì cǎo

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