「執人口水尾」
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Pronunciation: | zap1 jan4 hau2 seoi2 mei1 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
執 pick up; a small bundle of; a pinch; to hold; to grasp; to take charge of; to direct; to perform; to carry out; to persist; to pick up; to tidy; to neaten; to correct; to revise; to close down 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 口 mouth; opening; entrance; cut; hole; gash 水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water 尾 tail; last; final; end; remaining part |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Labels: | Slang |
Explanation: |
to echo what someone else says; to parrot others' words
(Eng.) Echoing others' words in your own essay without attributing a source is plagiarism.
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Synonym: | Synonym: 拾人牙慧 |
See also: | 鸚鵡 |
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