素口骂人
sù​kǒu​mà​rén

to not practice what one preaches

  • created reference approved 素口骂人/素口罵人 → 伪善/偽善 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    素口骂人 / 素口罵人 sù​kǒu​mà​rén

    伪善 / 偽善 wěi​shàn

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 素口骂人/素口罵人 · sù​kǒu​mà​rén · to not practice what one preaches — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    素口骂人 / 素口罵人

    sù​kǒu​mà​rén

    to not practice what one preaches

    literally describes someone who eats a vegetarian diet for religious reasons but still uses abusive language; used to describe a hypocrite who acts morally superior but fails to live up to their own standards

    素 (literal) → 素 · sù · vegetarian 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech 骂人 (literal) → 骂人/罵人 · mà​rén · to curse at people; name-calling

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

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