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Open the tool →市恩嫁怨 (shì ēn jià yuàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to curry favor with some people while discreetly shifting blame or resentment onto others; to win goodwill by appearing helpful, but secretly causing trouble for others or making them bear the brunt of negative consequences”.
市恩嫁怨 is pronounced shì ēn jià yuàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 市恩嫁怨 means “Show favor and shift resentment”. It is used to mean “to curry favor with some people while discreetly shifting blame or resentment onto others; to win goodwill by appearing helpful, but secretly causing trouble for others or making them bear the brunt of negative consequences”.
市:买;市恩:讨好;嫁:转嫁。一面讨好别人,一面把怨恨转嫁给他人