沐猴而冠 mù hóu ér guān
mù hóu ér guān
set phrase
a monkey wearing a hat; worthless person in imposing attire
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沐猴而冠')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十一 陳勝項籍傳 Volume 31: Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷四十五 蒯伍江息夫傳 Volume 45: Kuai , Wu, Jiang and Xifu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 沐猴而冠耳 (沐猴而冠耳) 人言楚人沐猴而冠耳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
- 人沐猴而冠 (人沐猴而冠) 人言楚人沐猴而冠耳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3