Read Edit View history 指鸡骂狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 指鸡骂狗 指雞罵狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly (idiom) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to criticize someone indirectly rather than confronting them directly Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Synonym 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
指鸡骂狗 指雞罵狗 zhǐjīmàgǒu to scold indirectly (idiom) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to criticize someone indirectly rather than confronting them directly Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Synonym 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)