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指桑骂槐

zhǐ sāng mà huái phrase C2

Traditional: 指桑罵槐

  1. lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
  2. fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. to make oblique accusations (idiom)
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