以次充好
yǐ​cì​chōng​hǎo

pass off fake goods as genuine

  • created sense approved 以次充好 · yǐ​cì​chōng​hǎo · pass off fake goods as genuine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以次充好

    yǐ​cì​chōng​hǎo

    pass off fake goods as genuine

    to substitute poor quality or fake items for high quality ones; to palm off inferior goods as superior

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 次 (literal) → 次 · cì · inferior 充 (literal) → 充 · chōng · to pretend 好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · good

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense