{"path":"/entry/46172","title":"指桑骂槐 / 指桑罵槐 (zhǐ sāng mà huái) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"指桑骂槐 / 指桑罵槐 (zhǐ sāng mà huái): literally to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":46172,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["指桑骂槐"],"TRADITIONAL":["指桑罵槐"]}},"phonetic":"zhǐ sāng mà huái","phoneticKey":"zhi3 sang1 ma4 huai2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to scold someone indirectly","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to make oblique accusations ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to point at the mulberry tree and curse the pagoda tree","content":[],"examples":[],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}