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steal/appropriate other people's ideas as one's own; pick up phrases from somebody and pass them off as one's own; (refer to 牙慧)

shí rén yá huì

拾 人 牙 慧

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derogsteal/appropriate other people's ideas as one's own; pick up phrases from somebody and pass them off as one's own; (refer to 牙慧)
- tā zhǐ shì yīng wǔ xué shé shí rén yá huì bà le
  他只是鹦鹉学舌，拾人牙慧罢了！
  He talks like a parrot and just repeat what he heard.
synonym
rén yún yì yún人云亦云 suí shēng fù hè随声附和 yīng wǔ xué shé鹦鹉学舌 bù rén hòu chén步人后尘 fèi yǐng fèi shēng吠影吠声 shí rén tuò yú拾人唾余 shí rén tì tuò拾人涕唾
antonym
biāo xīn lì yì标新立异 dú pì xī jìng独辟蹊径 bié jù jiàng xīn别具匠心 dú dào zhī jiàn独到之见

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