From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「冒名頂替」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This feature highlights the idiom 「冒名頂替」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
In order to achieve one’s own goals, one may impersonate someone else’s name, do things on his behalf, or steal his power or status.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mào míng dǐng tì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mou6 ming4/meng2 ding2 tai3
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