lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom); fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
trad. 別人牽驢你拔橛子
Also written 別人牽驢你拔橛子【bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi】
Characters in this word
8别
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surname Bie
- Pinyin
- Bié
- Traditional
- 別
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 105 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
牵
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to lead along, to pull (an animal on a tether), (bound form) to involve, to draw in
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Traditional
- 牽
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11800 of 2500
驴
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variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]
- Pinyin
- lǘ
- Traditional
- 馿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8339 of 2500
你
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you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
- Pinyin
- nǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3 of 2500
拔
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to pull up, to pull out, to draw out by suction, to select, to pick, to stand out (above level), to surpass, to seize
- Pinyin
- bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10721 of 2500
橛
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a peg, low post
- Pinyin
- jué
- Strokes
- 16
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500