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Chinese
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to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of |
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer |
Buddha; Buddhism
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| trad. (借花敬佛)
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借
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花
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敬
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佛
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| simp. #(借花敬佛)
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借
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花
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敬
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佛
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| Literally: “to borrow flowers to venerate Buddha”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
借花敬佛
- (chiefly Cantonese) to offer something that one has received (as a gift, favour, etc.) to someone else
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
借花獻佛 (“to offer something that one has received to someone else”)