to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
trad. 揀佛燒香
Also written 揀佛燒香【jiǎn fó shāo xiāng】
Characters in this word
4拣
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to choose, to pick, to sort out, to pick up
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Traditional
- 揀
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24871 of 2500
佛
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Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])
- Pinyin
- Fó
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5305 of 2500
烧
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to burn; to set on fire, to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc), to braise, to cook; to prepare food, to run a fever, fever, (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
- Pinyin
- shāo
- Traditional
- 燒
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2173 of 2500
香
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fragrant, sweet smelling, aromatic, savory or appetizing, (to eat) with relish, (of sleep) sound, perfume or spice, joss or incense stick, CL:根[gen1]
- Pinyin
- xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5025 of 2500