「一竹篙打一船人」
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Pronunciation: | jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 jat1 syun4 jan4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
一 one; as soon as; once 竹 bamboo 篙 打 to hit; dozen; to beat; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to compete with; to fight against; to go up against; to whisk; to inject; to load; to fill with; to tie; to knot; to "check off"; to get; to seize; to catch; to hunt; to work; to strive; to think; to concentrate; to count 一 one; as soon as; once 船 ship; boat; college scholarship 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to overgeneralise in assigning blame; to blame a whole group of people for the mistakes of a few
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