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借題發揮 (ze3 tai4 faat3 fai1) — take advantage of an incident to exaggerate matters; make an issue out of in Cantonese

ze˗₃借taiˎ₄題faat˗₃發faiˉ¹揮
简 借题发挥
Mandarin Pinyin: jie4 ti2 fa1 hui1

Meaning of 借題發揮

nountake advantage of an incident to exaggerate matters; make an issue out of

Characters in 借題發揮

借ze3
borrow
題tai4
subject; title; topic; theme
發faat3
classifier for ammunition
揮fai1
wipe off; scatter; disperse

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