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巧立名目【qiǎo lì míng mù】

to fabricate excuses (idiom)
to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

汉语词典Chinese definitions

巧立名目【qiǎo lì míng mù】

chéng yǔ成语

dìng chū定出xǔ duō许多míng mù名目，yǐ以dá dào达到mǒu zhǒng某种bù不zhēng正dāng当mù目de的

Mín民jì既kùn困yǐ矣，ér而gòng xiàn zhě贡献者fù复qiǎo巧Lì立míng mù名目，zhēng争Xīn新jìng竞yì异，hào yuē号曰：『xiào shùn孝顺』。
shǎng上lǚ屡chì饬gè各shěng省dū chá督察yǒu sī有司，hào耗xiàn羡jì既guī gōng归公，bù dé不得qiǎo lì míng mù巧立名目，fù复yǒu suǒ有所qǔ取Yú于Mín民。

巧立名目【qiǎo lì míng mù】

to fabricate excuses (idiom)
to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

汉语词典Chinese definitions

巧立名目【qiǎo lì míng mù】

chéng yǔ成语

dìng chū定出xǔ duō许多míng mù名目，yǐ以dá dào达到mǒu zhǒng某种bù不zhēng正dāng当mù目de的

Mín民jì既kùn困yǐ矣，ér而gòng xiàn zhě贡献者fù复qiǎo巧Lì立míng mù名目，zhēng争Xīn新jìng竞yì异，hào yuē号曰：『xiào shùn孝顺』。
shǎng上lǚ屡chì饬gè各shěng省dū chá督察yǒu sī有司，hào耗xiàn羡jì既guī gōng归公，bù dé不得qiǎo lì míng mù巧立名目，fù复yǒu suǒ有所qǔ取Yú于Mín民。

巧

HSK 32

含义skillful, ingenious, clever

拼音qiǎo

立

HSK 32

含义stand; let stand; establish, set

拼音lì

名

HSK 11

含义name, rank, title, position

拼音míng

目

HSK 24

含义eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109

拼音mù