移花接木
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Chinese[edit]
to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove |
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join |
tree; wood | ||
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trad. (移花接木) | 移 | 花 | 接 | 木 | |
simp. #(移花接木) | 移 | 花 | 接 | 木 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji4 faa1 zip3 muk6
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): i5 huê1 ziab4 bhag8
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yíhuajiemù
- Wade–Giles: i2-hua1-chieh1-mu4
- Yale: yí-hwā-jyē-mù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihuajiemuh
- Palladius: ихуацзему (ixuaczemu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 faa1 zip3 muk6
- Yale: yìh fā jip muhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 faa1 dzip8 muk9
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 fa1 jib3 mug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡siːp̚³ mʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: i5 huê1 ziab4 bhag8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: î hue tsiap ba̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³⁻²³ t͡siap̚²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
Idiom[edit]
移花接木
- to graft one twig on another; to graft
- (figuratively) to stealthily substitute one thing for another