point at the chicken and curse the dog(zhǐ zhū mà gǒu)

point at the chicken and curse the dog

Pointing at pigs and cursing at dogs is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh ǐ zh ū m à g ǒ u, which means pointing at pigs but cursing at dogs. It is also called "pointing fingers at chickens and swearing at dogs". From Chapter 11 of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] refers to the mulberry and the locust, refers to the chicken and the dog

The origin of Idioms

The 11th chapter of "Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" written by Lanling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: "all kinds of pointing fingers at pigs and cursing dogs, bullying my girls."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object, attribute and adverbial. Chapter 17 of the wizard of Oz by Li Baichuan in Qing Dynasty: "because Wen Wei is in charge of domestic affairs, he is angry, but he makes a lot of noise every day."

Chinese PinYin : zhǐ zhū mà gǒu