指冬瓜骂葫芦 — Chinese Idiom
指冬瓜骂葫芦 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to indirectly criticize or scold someone by ostensibly directing one's words at another person or thing; to make an oblique attack”.
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指冬瓜骂葫芦 Pronunciation and Pinyin
指冬瓜骂葫芦 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 指冬瓜骂葫芦
小明虽然表面上在批评班长，但大家心里都明白他这是指冬瓜骂葫芦，真正不满的是学习委员。
Although Xiao Ming was seemingly criticizing the class monitor, everyone understood that he was actually indirectly complaining about the study committee member.
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- zhǐ指dōng东huà划xī西talk evasively or beat around the bush
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- zhǐ指dōng东huà画xī西Beat around the bush
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- zhǐ指dōng东mà骂xī西criticize indirectly
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What does 指冬瓜骂葫芦 mean?
指冬瓜骂葫芦 (zhǐ dōng guā mà hú lu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to indirectly criticize or scold someone by ostensibly directing one's words at another person or thing; to make an oblique attack”.
How do you pronounce 指冬瓜骂葫芦?
指冬瓜骂葫芦 is pronounced zhǐ dōng guā mà hú lu in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 指冬瓜骂葫芦?
指表面上骂这个人，实际上骂那个人