scold the locust while pointing at the mulberry(zhǐ sāng shuō huái)
scold the locust while pointing at the mulberry
It refers to sangshuohuai, a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh ǐ s ā ngshu ō Hu á I, which means to refer to this and scold that. It's the same as "pointing at mulberry and cursing locust". From chapter 69 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: refers to mulberry scolding locust, refers to East scolding West, refers to locust scolding Liu
The origin of Idioms
The sixty ninth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "all the girls' daughters in law are full of sarcastic remarks
Idiom usage
Used as predicate and adverbial; used in speaking and writing.
Chinese PinYin : zhǐ sāng shuō huái
scold the locust while pointing at the mulberry
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