created sense approved 借花献佛/借花獻佛 · jièhuāxiànfó · to offer a gift provided by another — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
借花献佛 / 借花獻佛
jièhuāxiànfó
to offer a gift provided by another
(idiom) literally "presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers"; to use someone else's property to gain favor, fulfill a social obligation, or do someone a favor; also used to refer to plagiarism or using someone else's work as one's own
借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower 献 (literal) → 献/獻 · xiàn · to offer 佛 (literal) → 佛 · fó · Buddha
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition