拾人牙慧
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own; to parrot
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- (verb, idiom) to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
- to parrot
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Related Words
哪些(nǎ xiē)· which ones?
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)· lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
→不恤人言(bù xù rén yán)· not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
→占为己有(zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu)· to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
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