Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

指桑罵槐

zhǐsāngmàhuái

ㄓˇ ㄙㄤ ㄇㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ

Simplified 指桑骂槐

  1. 1lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
  2. 2fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3to make oblique accusations (idiom)

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