鱼目混珠 (yú mù hùn zhū) | Meaning: to pass off fish eyes for pearls | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing以假乱真yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn

to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate · to pose under a false name冒名顶替mào míng dǐng tì

lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products · to masquerade as having an ability · token member of a group滥竽充数làn yú chōng shù

to feign · to pretend to be · to pass oneself off as冒充mào chōng

lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk鱼龙混杂yú lóng hùn zá

mud and sand flow together (idiom) · good and bad mingle泥沙俱下ní shā jù xià

to pass off fish eyes for pearls · to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)

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