烘云托月 in English hong1 yun2 tuo1 yue4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiomatic expression); metaphorically a foil
  • a contrasting character to a main hero

Simplified Characters

烘 云 托 月

Traditional Characters

烘 雲 托 月

Pinyin

hong1 yun2 tuo1 yue4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

烘hong1to bake 云yun2(classical) to say 托tuo1prop 月yue4moon