lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom); fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely
trad. 指著和尚罵禿子
Also written 指著和尚罵禿子【zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi】
Characters in this word
7指
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finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1173 of 2500
着
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variant of 著|着[zhao1]
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 71 of 2500
和
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old variant of 和[he2]
- Pinyin
- hé
- Traditional
- 咊
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 27 of 2500
尚
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surname Shang
- Pinyin
- Shàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11512 of 2500
骂
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to scold, to abuse, to curse, CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- Pinyin
- mà
- Traditional
- 罵
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2968 of 2500
秃
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bald (lacking hair or feathers), barren; bare; denuded, blunt (lacking a point), (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
- Pinyin
- tū
- Traditional
- 禿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 38374 of 2500
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