拾人牙慧 shírényáhuì to parrot Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拾 shí verb to pick up to pick up from the ground; to collect or gather人 rén nounpronoun other people other people; others; another person牙慧 yáhuì 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 shírényáhuì