指着和尚骂秃子 zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi

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指着和尚骂秃子

zhǐzhehéshangmàtūzi

lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)

3 meanings

MEANING3 meanings

壹动verb
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
- 。
  He pointed at the monk while cursing the bald man.
貳动verb
fig. to insult indirectly
- ，。
  He pointed at the monk and cursed the bald man, which was really too impolite.
參动verb
to criticize obliquely
- ，。
  He pointed at the monk and cursed him as a baldhead, speaking ill of others.

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指着和尚骂秃子

Traditional指著和尚罵禿子

zhǐzhehéshangmàtūzi

lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)

3 meanings

MEANING3 meanings

壹动verb
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
- 。
  He pointed at the monk while cursing the bald man.
貳动verb
fig. to insult indirectly
- ，。
  He pointed at the monk and cursed the bald man, which was really too impolite.
參动verb
to criticize obliquely
- ，。
  He pointed at the monk and cursed him as a baldhead, speaking ill of others.

指

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