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鱼目混珠 (yú mù hùn zhū): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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鱼目混珠

鱼目混珠 (yú mù hùn zhū): Passing off something fake or inferior as genuine or valuable (idiom) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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鱼 • yú • fish • HSK 2.0 L2

HSK 2

yú鱼

fish

目 • mù • eye

mù目

eye

混 • hùn • to mix, to blend, to confuse • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

hùn混

to mix, to blend, to confuse

珠 • zhū • pearl; bead; gem

zhū珠

pearl; bead; gem

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Pinyinyú mù hùn zhū

Meaningpassing off something fake or inferior as genuine or valuable

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 鱼目混珠.

Words with 鱼

钓鱼diào yúto fish (with line and hook)
鲨鱼shā yúshark
鲤鱼lǐ yúcarp
鳄鱼è yú

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Crocodile

咸鱼xián yúsalted fish

大鱼dà yúbig fish

捕鱼bǔ yúto fish; fishing

炸鱼zhà yúdeep-fried fish; blast fish (with explosives)

Words with 目

节目jié mùprogramme
目的mù dìobjective; purpose
目的地mù dì dìdestination (location)
目前mù qiánat present
目录mù lùcatalogue; table of contents
目标mù biāoaim; objective; goal
项目xiàng mùproject; item; clause
题目tí mùtopic; subject; title

Words with 混

混乱hùn luànconfusion
混合hùn hémix; blend; mingle
混浊hùn zhuómuddy; turbid
混淆hùn xiáoconfound; obscure; blur
厮混sī hùnhang around (negatively)
混入hùn rùto mix into, to infiltrate
混战hùn zhànchaotic fight; melee
混杂hùn záto mix; to mingle

Words with 珠

珍珠zhēn zhūpearl
珠宝zhū bǎopearls
玑珠jīzhūpearls; precious things
珠子zhū zibead
珠椟zhū dúpearl casket
珠玑zhūjīpearls and gems; exquisite writing
瑙珠nǎo zhūagate bead
眼珠yǎn zhūeyeball

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Example Sentences with 鱼目混珠

zhè这

jiā家

shāng商

diàn店

mài卖

de的

míng名

pái牌

bāo包

shì是

jiǎ假

de的

，

jiǎn简

zhí直

shì是

yú鱼

mù目

hùn混

zhū珠

。

The designer bags sold in this store are fake; it's a classic case of passing off fish eyes as pearls.

tā他

shì试

tú图

yòng用

jiǎ假

huà画

yú鱼

mù目

hùn混

zhū珠

，

dàn但

bèi被

zhuān专

jiā家

shí识

pò破

le了

。

He tried to pass off a fake painting as genuine, but the experts saw through it.