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烘云托月
hōng​yún​tuō​yuè

foil

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
烘云托月 (烘雲托月) hōng​yún​tuō​yuè
foil idiom
to set off a main character or subject through contrast with secondary elements
shade clouds idiom
a painting technique of shading clouds to highlight the moon by contrast

Frequency

Written text
0.025 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)