鱼目混珠 |
yú mù hùn zhū |
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) |
鱼 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
鱼 |
yú |
fish (CL:条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 and octopi 章鱼) |
目 |
mù |
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title |
混 |
hún |
muddy; turbid (variant of 浑) / brainless; foolish (variant of 浑) / Taiwan pr. [hun4] |
混 |
hùn |
to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless |
珠 |
zhū |
bead / pearl / CL:粒,颗 |