烘云托月
      Explanation: Bake: rendering; care: background. The former refers to a traditional approach of painting the moon. Analogy from the side after rendering to show or highlight the subject.
      Usage: -Linked; as predicate, attributive, adverbial; for literature and art, etc.
      Source: Yuan Wang Shih-fu, "The West Chamber" tan off the first batch of the first: "first and write a living, so-called artists Hongyuntuoyue Secrets Act."
      Examples: The good old painters painted landscapes with ~ the strokes.
  • Thesaurus:  dramatize foil