烘云托月

Traditional form:

烘雲托月

Pinyin (reading):

hōngyúntuōyuè

Definitions:

• lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
• a contrasting character to a main hero

Characters:

• 烘 - to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 月 - moon; month

Traditional characters:

• 烘 - to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 月 - moon; month