獺祭
tǎ​jì

to borrow from others' works

  • created reference approved 獭祭/獺祭 → 獭祭鱼/獺祭魚 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    獭祭 / 獺祭 tǎ​jì

    獭祭鱼 / 獺祭魚 tǎ​jì​yú

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 獭祭/獺祭 · tǎ​jì · to borrow from others' works — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    獭祭 / 獺祭

    tǎ​jì

    to borrow from others' works

    (literary) to compose a piece of writing by piling up references or taking bits from various other works; based on the image of an otter displaying its catch of fish on a riverbank, as if offering them in a ritual sacrifice

    tà​jì

    獭 (literal) → 獭/獺 · tǎ · otter 祭 (literal) → 祭 · jì · to offer sacrifices

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

    created sense