「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
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