移花接木 meaning in English
1.(把带花的枝条嫁接到别的树木上) graft and transplant; graft flowers on a tree; graft the flower of one tree onto another; graft one twig on another; graft
2.(暗中更换人或事) palm off the spurious for the genuine; place a substitute by subterfuge; resort to dishonest practices of putting in substitutes; (stealthily) substitute one thing for another
Examples
- In making this substitution i had drawn upon the wisdom of a very remote source-the wisdom of my boyhood .
我这种移花接木的手段是利用一种非常源远流长的智慧--我小时候的智慧。 - My changing power
移花接木特异功 - And all in war with time for love of me , as he takes from you , i engraft you now
为了与你相爱,我将向时间宣战,它使你枯萎,我令你移花接木换新装 - You could see that the last part of the report had just been grafted on as an afterthought
你可以看出，这报告的最后部份是事后想起才移花接木的。 - In making this substitution i had drawn upon the wisdom of a very remote source - the wisdom of my boyhood
我这种移花接木的手段是利用一种非常源远流长的智慧- -我小时候的智慧。