指着和尚骂秃子
zhǐ​zhe​hé​shang​mà​tū​zi

to criticize obliquely

  • created sense approved 指着和尚骂秃子/指著和尚罵禿子 · zhǐ​zhe​hé​shang​mà​tū​zi · to criticize obliquely — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    指着和尚骂秃子 / 指著和尚罵禿子

    zhǐ​zhe​hé​shang​mà​tū​zi

    to criticize obliquely

    (idiom) to insult indirectly or criticize someone obliquely; literally "to point at a monk while cursing a bald man"

    指 (literal) → 指 · zhǐ · to point; to refer to 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · hé​shang · Buddhist monk 骂 (literal) → 骂/罵 · mà · to scold 秃子 (literal) → 秃子/禿子 · tū​zi · baldy

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

    created sense