借题发挥
Traditional form:
借題發揮
Pinyin (reading):
jiètífāhuī
Definitions:
- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
- to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
Characters:
- 借 - to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
- 题 - forehead; headline, title; theme
- 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 挥 - to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
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