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巧立名目

qiǎo lì míng mù

4-character word

What 巧立名目 means

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

The characters in 巧立名目

• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh

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