pass off the sham as the genuine(yú mù hùn zhū)

pass off the sham as the genuine

Fish eyes mixed with pearls, a Chinese idiom, pronounced y ú m ù h ù nzh ū, means to take fish eyes as pearls, which means to use fake as real. From the Han Dynasty, Wei Boyang's "shentongqi".

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] to confuse the true with the false, to replace the false, to make up the number [antonym] to distinguish between black and white, to distinguish between right and wrong

The origin of Idioms

On the volume of shentongqi written by Wei Boyang of Han Dynasty: "are fish eyes pearls? Artemisia can't make a fruit

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, adverbial; derogatory. But aren't these traitorous masters also there, claiming to be patriots and patriots? Chapter 38 of song of youth by Yang Mo

Chinese PinYin : yú mù hùn zhū