jiǎn fó shāo xiāng

Traditional: 揀佛燒香

拣佛烧香 (jiǎn fó shāo xiāng) is a Chinese word meaning “to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person”.

Meanings

  1. 1to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person

Characters in 拣佛烧香

拣jiǎn · to choose佛fú · used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]烧shāo · to burn香xiāng · fragrant

Related words

烧to burn香fragrant香槟(loanword) champagne燃烧to ignite香水perfume佛罗里达Florida香烟smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line香烟cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2]) (variant of 香煙|香烟[xiang1 yan1])佛used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛used in 彷彿|仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛(female) head ornament佛Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

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