汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 喧賓奪主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
喧賓奪主 (喧宾夺主)
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
喧 loud volume / The voice of the guest overwhelmed the voice of the host / It is a metaphor that foreign or secondary things occupy the original or primary things
反客為主
喧声音大。客人的声音比主人的声音还大。比喻外来的人或事物压倒了原来的、主要的人或事物咱们只是客人，喧宾夺主，怕对大局不利｜写文章要分清次要与主要，突出重点，避免喧宾夺主。
喧 xuān 宾 (賓) bīn 夺 (奪) duó 主 zhǔ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

你现在的作法似乎是喧宾夺主。

Your way of doing things at the moment seems to be a reversal of the order of host and guest.

他们正在选秀节目上喧宾夺主。

They are stealing the show.

单色系背景(比如青草)可以衬托出脸部，而不会喧宾夺主。

A solid colored background (like grass) keeps the attention on the face, not the surroundings.

胸花和袋巾都是点缀，应该具有画龙点睛的效果，不要喧宾夺主地成为视觉焦点。

The wedding ceremony boutonniere wears principle the boutonniere and the bag turban is embellishes, should have the adding the finishing touch effect, do not compete becomes the visual focus.

它一般不会喧宾夺主引人关注，而是为影片中所刻画的故事和/或人物提供了某种基调或情绪态度。

Usually not meant to be noticeable, it often provides a tone or an emotional attitude toward the story and/or the characters depicted.

有关中国文化知识的介绍，要简明，详略得当，与所讲解的字词句要紧密联系，不能喧宾夺主，冲淡了语言教学。

The cultural knowledge introduced should be concise and immediately relevant to the phrases under consideration, and should not overwhelm the language instruction proper.

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