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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 指桑骂槐
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 指桑骂槐 | zhǐ sāng mà huái | - lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree - fig. to scold sb indirectly - to make oblique accusations (idiom) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 73,742 | 43,895 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 指 | zhǐ | - finger - to point at or to - to indicate or refer to - to depend on - to count on - (of hair) to stand on end |
| 桑 | sāng | - surname Sang |
| 桑 | sāng | - (bound form) mulberry tree |
| 桑 | sāng | - old variant of 桑[sang1] |
| 骂 | mà | - to scold - to abuse - to curse - CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4] |
| 骂 | mà | - variant of 罵|骂[ma4] |
| 槐 | huái | - Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) - Japanese pagoda tree |
Other Words Containing 指桑骂槐
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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