李代桃僵

lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb

Characters and words in 李代桃僵

plum

= + : In the space station, Li Qingzhao shakes a Christmas tree which is decorated with eggs. The eggs fly off and as they break open, plums fly out of them.
to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to practice her archery skills in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). On the other side Don Quixote (d) is standing, but they don't have an apple, so they substitute the apple with a token (代, 代币). Don Quixote is trembling heavily as Rosa lifts her bow (弋) and prepares to shoot down the token from Don's head.
peach

= + : A few vultures (兆) cast an eye at Tecumseh's (t) Christmas tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To keep the vultures at bay Tecumseh throws peaches (桃) at them.
rigid / deadlock / stiff (corpse)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are wrestling inside a fenced (畺) arena in front of the anglepod (ang1). They are both lying on the ground in a complete deadlock (僵): neither of them can move, and they are lying completely rigid (僵).
variant of 僵[jiang1]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are wrestling inside a fenced (畺) arena in front of the anglepod (ang1). They are both lying on the ground in a complete deadlock (僵): neither of them can move, and they are lying completely rigid (僵).

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