指桑骂槐
Traditional form:
指桑罵槐
Pinyin (reading):
zhǐsāngmàhuái
Definitions:
- lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
- fig. to scold sb indirectly
- to make oblique accusations (idiom)
Characters:
- 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
- 骂 - to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold
- 槐 - locust tree
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