指鸡骂狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 指鸡骂狗 指雞罵狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly (idiom) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to criticize someone indirectly rather than confronting them directly Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Synonym 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
指鸡骂狗 指雞罵狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly (idiom) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to criticize someone indirectly rather than confronting them directly Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Synonym 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
