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李代桃僵
lǐ​dài​táo​jiāng

substitution

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
李代桃僵 lǐ​dài​táo​jiāng
substitution
to substitute one thing for another, often sacrificing a minor part to save the whole
take the fall
to be a scapegoat or carry the blame for someone else

Frequency

Written text
0.084 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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