「指桑罵槐」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zi2 song1 maa6 waai4
Individual
Character Meaning:
指 point to; finger; toe; to indicate; to order; to refer to; to mean that
桑
罵 to scold
槐
Variants: Variants: 指桑駡槐
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
to criticize a person by criticizing another seemingly; literally: to criticize a pagoda tree by criticizing mulberry seemingly
(Cant.) 佢keoi5咁gam2話waa6我ngo5,其kei4實sat6係hai6想soeng2指zi2桑song1罵maa6槐waai4,鬧naau6你nei5!
(Eng.) He seems to criticize me, but he's really talking about you.
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