一竿子打翻一条船
yī​gān​zi​dǎ​fān​yī​tiáo​chuán

to judge everyone by the same brush

  • created sense approved 一竿子打翻一条船/一竿子打翻一條船 · yī​gān​zi​dǎ​fān​yī​tiáo​chuán · to judge everyone by the same brush — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一竿子打翻一条船 / 一竿子打翻一條船

    yī​gān​zi​dǎ​fān​yī​tiáo​chuán

    to judge everyone by the same brush

    (proverb) to overgeneralize or condemn an entire group based on the actions of a few; to dismiss something entirely based on a single piece of evidence

    yì​gān​zi​dǎ​fān​yì​tiáo​chuán

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 竿子 (literal) → 竿子 · gān​zi · pole 打翻 (literal) → 打翻 · dǎ​fān · to overturn 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 条 (literal) → 条/條 · tiáo · [long/narrow things] 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense