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喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
What 喧宾夺主 means
- lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
- fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
- minor details obscure the main point
- the sauce is better than the fish
The characters in 喧宾夺主
- 喧xuānclamor; noise
- 宾bīnvisitor; guest; object (in grammar)
- 夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
- 主zhǔowner; master; host
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