倚门傍户 — “To parrot others' views”
倚门傍户 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to parrot others' views”. To lack originality in one's scholarship or work, merely adopting the ideas of others.
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倚门傍户 Pronunciation and Pinyin
倚门傍户 Character Breakdown
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他的研究报告，观点都是从其他学者的著作中照搬过来的，丝毫没有自己的独到见解，简直是倚门傍户。
His research paper merely copied views from other scholars' works, completely lacking his own original insights; it was simply parroting others' ideas.
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- yǐ倚dà大qī欺xiǎo小bully the weak with power
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What does 倚门傍户 mean?
倚门傍户 (yǐ mén bàng hù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to parrot others' views”.
How do you pronounce 倚门傍户?
倚门傍户 is pronounced yǐ mén bàng hù in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 倚门傍户?
倚、傍：靠着。比喻做学问自己没有见解，只袭取别人的说法。