graft one twig on another

graft one twig on another

Transplanting flowers and trees, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í Hu ā Ji ē m ù, which refers to grafting branches or buds of one kind of flowers and trees onto another. It refers to deceiving others by secretly changing people or things. It's from Ling Mengchu's the second moment of surprise.

Idiom usage

Combined; used as predicate and attribute; with derogatory meaning

Idioms and allusions

After the fall of the state of Huang, some of the adherents still stayed in Huangchuan to stick to their dilapidated homes, and some became slaves. However, they did not despair completely. On the contrary, after the attack and transformation, they gained a new life and revived the reputation of the Huang family in the form of war, official and lecture. In the late Warring States period, Huang Xiegong, the king of Shen, became an official under King liewang of Chu. He wanted to win the trust of the king of Chu and wait for the opportunity to repay the hatred of his subjugation. In order to make the king of Chu have a descendant, he once offered several beautiful women, but the king of Chu, who was too licentious, had no ability to have children. He was so anxious that he couldn't think of an idea and sighed. Xiegong's mind was discovered by Li Yuan, a disciple of Zhao Guolai. Li Yuan wanted to give his sister to the king of Chu, but he was afraid that he would not be able to give birth to her. So Li Yuan came up with a way to give his sister Yan Yan to the Duke Xie of Chunshen. In less than three months, Yanyan was pregnant. After discussing with his younger sister, Li Yuan presented Yanyan to the king of Chu. In this way, the power of the state of Chu actually fell into the hands of the descendants of Duke Xie.

Analysis of Idioms

Change the sky for the sun, change the palace for the feather, steal the beam for the pillar

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty, Volume 17 of "the second moment makes a surprise" said: "schoolmates recognize the fake as true, female scholars transplant flowers and trees."