巧作名目 — “Cleverly devise pretexts”
巧作名目 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to invent clever pretexts or excuses, often for an ulterior and improper purpose; to concoct specious reasons”. Literally, “cleverly devise pretexts”.
巧作名目 Pronunciation and Pinyin
巧作名目 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 巧作名目
Idioms Related to 巧作名目
Synonyms of 巧作名目
More idioms starting with 巧
- qiǎo巧shàng上jiā加qiǎo巧adding ingenuity to ingenuity
- qiǎo巧bù不kě可jiē接too ingenious to be matched
- qiǎo巧bù不kě可jiē阶too ingenious to be surpassed
- qiǎo巧bù不shèng胜zhuō拙Plain effort outweighs cleverness
- qiǎo巧bù不ruò若zhuō拙Simplicity often beats cleverness
- qiǎo巧wěi伪bù不rú如zhuō拙chéng诚Clumsy sincerity is better than artful hypocrisy
- qiǎo巧wěi伪qū趋lì利crafty and false, pursuing gain
- qiǎo巧tōu偷háo豪duó夺cunningly defraud and forcefully seize
- qiǎo巧fā发qí奇zhòng中make a clever and accurate prediction
- qiǎo巧qǔ取háo豪duó夺acquire by trickery or force
- qiǎo巧tóng同zào造huà化ingenious like nature's creation
- qiǎo巧duó夺tiān天gōng工exquisitely skillful, surpassing nature
Recommended tools
Writing Worksheets
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →
Stroke Order Animator
Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →
Character Highlight Animator
Choose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order
Open the tool →
Chinese Text Image Generator
Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →Questions about 巧作名目
What does 巧作名目 mean?
巧作名目 (qiǎo zuò míng mù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to invent clever pretexts or excuses, often for an ulterior and improper purpose; to concoct specious reasons”.
How do you pronounce 巧作名目?
巧作名目 is pronounced qiǎo zuò míng mù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 巧作名目 literally mean?
Literally, 巧作名目 means “cleverly devise pretexts”. It is used to mean “to invent clever pretexts or excuses, often for an ulterior and improper purpose; to concoct specious reasons”.
What is the Chinese definition of 巧作名目?
指巧立名目。变着法定出一些名目来达到某种不正当的目的。