移花接木

Traditional form:

移花接木

Pinyin (reading):

yíhuājiēmù

Definitions:

• lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom)
• fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another

Characters:

• 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden

Traditional characters:

• 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden