指着和尚骂秃子

Traditional form:

指著和尚罵禿子

Pinyin (reading):

zhǐzhehéshangmàtūzi

Definitions:

• lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
• fig. to insult indirectly
• to criticize obliquely

Characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 着 - to make a move, to take action
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 骂 - to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold
• 秃 - bald
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 罵 - to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold
• 禿 - bald
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing