to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
trad. 以鄰為壑
Also written 以鄰為壑【yǐ lín wéi hè】
Characters in this word
4以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
邻
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neighbor, adjacent, close to
- Pinyin
- lín
- Traditional
- 鄰
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 35257 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
壑
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gully, ravine, Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- Pinyin
- hè
- Strokes
- 17