Meaning of 巧立名目
巧立名目 means to invent various excuses; to concoct fancy names for illegal or illicit purposes. Pronounced qiǎo lì míng mù.
- to invent various excuses; to concoct fancy names for illegal or illicit purposes
Definitions & Examples
Yī一
xiē些
dì地
fāng方
bù部
mén门
qiǎo巧
lì立
míng名
mù目
，
xiàng向
qǐ企
yè业
shōu收
qǔ取
gè各
zhǒng种
bù不
hé合
lǐ理
fèi费
yòng用
。
Some local departments concoct fancy names to charge businesses various unreasonable fees.
Zhè这
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
qiǎo巧
lì立
míng名
mù目
，
kè克
kòu扣
yuán员
gōng工
gōng工
zī资
。
This company invented various pretexts to dock employees' wages.
Wèi为
le了
huò获
qǔ取
gèng更
duō多
zī资
jīn金
，
tā他
men们
qiǎo巧
lì立
míng名
mù目
，
xū虚
gòu构
le了
duō多
gè个
xiàng项
mù目
。
To obtain more funding, they concocted fancy names and fabricated several projects.
Lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
xǔ许
duō多
kē苛
juān捐
zá杂
shuì税
dōu都
shì是
tǒng统
zhì治
zhě者
qiǎo巧
lì立
míng名
mù目
de的
jié结
guǒ果
。
Many exorbitant taxes and levies in history were the result of rulers inventing various pretexts.