purchase popularity by claiming the good deeds of others as one 's own
Li Meishi en, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ü è m ě ISH ì n, which means to use other people's things to make human feelings. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourteenth year of Zhaogong.
The origin of Idioms
In the fourteenth year of Zhaogong, Zuo Zhuan: "it's stupid to rob beauty of one's own evil."
Idiom usage
Examples
In Zhu Xi's Zhuzi Yu Lei of Song Dynasty, Volume 29: "what's the intention of the so-called Qu Yi's favoritism and taking advantage of the beauty of the city?"
purchase popularity by claiming the good deeds of others as one 's own
a man of brilliance unequalled by contemporaries - kuàng shì yì cái
follow suit without knowing why - ǎi rén kàn chǎng
short clothing in imperfect condition - duān hè bù wán