對著和尚罵賊禿
duì​zhe​hé​shang​mà​zéi​tū

[vulgar] to criticize by insinuation

  • created reference approved 对着和尚骂贼秃/對著和尚罵賊禿 → 指桑骂槐/指桑罵槐 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    对着和尚骂贼秃 / 對著和尚罵賊禿 duì​zhe​hé​shang​mà​zéi​tū

    指桑骂槐 / 指桑罵槐 zhǐ​sāng​mà​huái

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 对着和尚骂贼秃/對著和尚罵賊禿 · duì​zhe​hé​shang​mà​zéi​tū · [vulgar] to criticize by insinuation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    对着和尚骂贼秃 / 對著和尚罵賊禿

    duì​zhe​hé​shang​mà​zéi​tū

    [vulgar] to criticize by insinuation

    to insult or criticize someone indirectly by aiming the abuse at a third party; literally "to stand in front of a monk and curse a 'bald-headed bandit'"

    对着 (literal) → 对着/對著 · duì​zhe · toward 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · hé​shang · Buddhist monk 骂 (literal) → 骂/罵 · mà · to curse 贼秃 (literal) → 贼秃/賊禿 · zéi​tū · Buddhist monk

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

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