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巧立名目
qiǎo​lì​míng​mù

to concoct pretexts

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
巧立名目 qiǎo​lì​míng​mù
to concoct pretexts
to fabricate various excuses or invent new labels to achieve improper goals; often used in contexts like padding an expense account or creating unfair taxes

Frequency

Written text
0.516 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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