鱼目混珠 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to pass off fish eyes for pearls
• to pass off fake products as genuine

Character by character

• 鱼yúfish
• 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
• 混hùnmuddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
• 珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone

Idioms sharing a character

• 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
• 水清无鱼 shuǐ qīng wú yú
• 浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú
• 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
• 缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú
• 自相鱼肉 zì xiāng yú ròu
• 葬身鱼腹 zàng shēn yú fù
• 釜底游鱼 fǔ dǐ yóu yú
• 雁杳鱼沉 yàn yǎo yú chén
• 鱼死网破 yú sǐ wǎng pò

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