说长道短
shuō​cháng​dào​duǎn

discuss others' merits and demerits; gossip

  • created reference approved 说长道短/說長道短 → 议长论短/議長論短 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说长道短 / 說長道短 shuō​cháng​dào​duǎn

    议长论短 / 議長論短 yì​cháng​lùn​duǎn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 说长道短/說長道短 · shuō​cháng​dào​duǎn · discuss others' merits and demerits; gossip — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说长道短 / 說長道短

    shuō​cháng​dào​duǎn

    discuss others' merits and demerits; gossip

    (idiom) to talk about others behind their backs; to criticize the merits and faults of others; to gossip

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · to say 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · weak point

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

    created sense