to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
trad. 借題發揮
Also written 借題發揮【jiè tí fā huī】
Characters in this word
4借
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to borrow, (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend, to make use of; to avail oneself of, (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1371 of 2500
题
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surname Ti
- Pinyin
- Tí
- Traditional
- 題
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 19049 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500
挥
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to wave, to brandish, to command, to conduct, to scatter, to disperse
- Pinyin
- huī
- Traditional
- 揮
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 23040 of 2500