拾人牙慧

拾人牙慧
shírénhuì

to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own

    • He always picks up others' ideas and lacks thoughts of his own.

  2. verb

    to parrot

    • He always picks up others' leftover remarks and has no thoughts of his own.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Using hands to pick up scattered fallen things and gather them into one place.

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