What Does "指桑骂槐" (zhǐ sāng mà huái) Mean?

zhǐ指sāng桑mà骂huái槐

It's "Pointing at the Mulberry Tree but Scolding the Locust Tree"!

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E31

Clip Timestamp

35:48

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	这个指木骂鬼是什么意思	zhè ge zhǐ mù mà guǐ shì shén me yì si	What does "Pointing at the Mulberry Tree and Scolding the Ghost" mean?
2▶	指桑骂槐	zhǐ sāng mà huái	It's "Pointing at the Mulberry Tree but Scolding the Locust Tree"!
3	雅正者	yǎ zhèng zhě	"For your kind correction..."

More Clips From Episode

Total 203 clips (Page 10 of 11)

HSK 5

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今日就到此了

jīn rì jiù dào cǐ leLet's call it a day.

HSK 1

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先生孙子兵法我会了

xiān shēng sūn zi bīng fǎ wǒ huì leSir, I've mastered Sun Tzu's Art of War.

HSK 3

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李司马可全然放心

lǐ sī mǎ kě quán rán fàng xīnDiscipline Inspector Li, you can rest assured.

HSK 7

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wù lǜ wù lǜDon't worry.

HSK 6

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字都识不全

zì dōu shí bù quán[Knowledge is Boundless] She doesn't even know all the characters.

HSK 5

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你呀还是另请高明吧

nǐ ya hái shì lìng qǐng gāo míng ba[Knowledge is Boundless] You should find someone better qualified.

HSK 2

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哪有教不会的人哪

nǎ yǒu jiào bú huì de rén nǎThere's no one who can't be taught.

HSK 1

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不会是樊都尉吧

bú huì shì fán dū wèi baisn't Commandant Fan, is she?

HSK 3

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属下都加到三两一个时辰了

shǔ xià dōu jiā dào sān liǎng yí gè shí chén le[Jizhou Government Office] I've raised the offer to 3 taels an hour.

HSK 6

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怎么成这样了

zěn me chéng zhè yàng le[Three days later] How did this happen?

HSK 4

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全是内伤啊

quán shì nèi shāng aIt's all internal injuries.

HSK 7

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教书还能教出个好歹来的

jiāo shū hái néng jiào chū gè hǎo dǎi lái desomeone get hurt just from teaching.

HSK 3

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李大人别别别

lǐ dà rén bié bié biéLord Li, please don't!

HSK 7

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李大人真是对不住

lǐ dà rén zhēn shì duì bú zhùLord Li, I am truly sorry.

HSK 2

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要不然还是我自己慢慢学吧

yào bù rán hái shì wǒ zì jǐ màn màn xué baMaybe I should just learn slowly by myself.

HSK 4

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我义父他那么厉害

wǒ yì fù tā nà me lì hàimy godfather is so formidable.

HSK 3

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一开始还想收我为徒呢

yī kāi shǐ hái xiǎng shōu wǒ wèi tú neHe even wanted to take me as a disciple at first.

HSK 6

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陶太傅也一定是看中你这一点

táo tài fù yě yí dìng shì kàn zhòng nǐ zhè yì diǎnGrand Tutor Tao must have seen that in you.

HSK 2

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我还是找我义父去教我

wǒ hái shì zhǎo wǒ yì fù qù jiào wǒshould I ask my godfather to teach me?

HSK 7

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也就别去害他老人家了吧

yě jiù bié qù hài tā lǎo rén jiā le baLet's not torture the old man.