下井投石
xià​jǐng​tóu​shí

to hit someone when they are down

  • created reference approved 下井投石 → 落井下石 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下井投石 xià​jǐng​tóu​shí

    落井下石 luò​jǐng​xià​shí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 下井投石 · xià​jǐng​tóu​shí · to hit someone when they are down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下井投石

    xià​jǐng​tóu​shí

    to hit someone when they are down

    To take advantage of someone's trouble to harm them; to kick someone while they are down.

    下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to put in 井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · well 投石 (literal) → 投石 · tóu​shí · to throw a stone

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

    created sense