yá​huì

recycled ideas

  • created sense approved 牙慧 · yá​huì · recycled ideas — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牙慧

    yá​huì

    recycled ideas

    (literary) another person's opinions, sayings, or ideas; often used in the context of parroting or plagiarizing others, as in the idiom [[拾人牙慧|拾人牙慧|shi2 ren2 ya2 hui4]]

    牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth 慧 (literal) → 慧 · huì · intelligent

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 牙慧 · yá​huì · subtle meaning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牙慧

    yá​huì

    subtle meaning

    (archaic) the underlying flavor or subtle interest of words or ideas beyond the literal meaning

    牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth 慧 (literal) → 慧 · huì · intelligent

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

    created sense