鱼目混珠 — Chinese idiom
鱼目混珠
yú mù hùn zhū
Traditional: 魚目混珠
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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