以邻为壑
yǐ​lín​wéi​hè

to shift one's troubles onto others

  • created reference approved 以邻为壑/以鄰為壑 → 邻国为壑/鄰國為壑 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以邻为壑 / 以鄰為壑 yǐ​lín​wéi​hè

    邻国为壑 / 鄰國為壑 lín​guó​wéi​hè

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以邻为壑/以鄰為壑 · yǐ​lín​wéi​hè · to shift one's troubles onto others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以邻为壑 / 以鄰為壑

    yǐ​lín​wéi​hè

    to shift one's troubles onto others

    (idiom) to use one's neighbor as a ditch; to pass one's difficulties or problems onto others at their expense

    yǐ​lín​wéi​huò

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · to consider 邻 (bound) → 邻/鄰 · lín · neighbor 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 壑 (bound) → 壑 · hè · ravine

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

    created sense