tóu​jǐng​xià​shí

to hit someone when they are down

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

    投井下石 tóu​jǐng​xià​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 reference approved 投井下石 → 投阱下石 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    投井下石 tóu​jǐng​xià​shí

    投阱下石 tóu​jǐng​xià​shí

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 投井下石 → 投石下井 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    投井下石 tóu​jǐng​xià​shí

    投石下井 tóu​shí​xià​jǐng

    variant

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

    created reference

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

    投井下石

    tóu​jǐng​xià​shí

    to hit someone when they are down

    to fail to help someone in danger and instead take the opportunity to harm or frame them; to throw stones at someone who has fallen into a well

    投 (literal) → 投 · tóu · to throw 井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · well 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to put in 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone

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

    created sense