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 2 of 11)

HSK 4

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侯爷府中重地

hóu yé fǔ zhōng zhòng dìYour Lordship, this is a restricted area,

HSK 1

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做不了焉州军主帅呢

zuò bù liǎo yān zhōu jūn zhǔ shuài nethe commander of the Yanzhou Army anymore?

HSK 4

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我是否称职为一军主帅

wǒ shì fǒu chèn zhí wèi yī jūn zhǔ shuàiWhether I am fit to be a commander

HSK 5

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跟任何事任何人都无关

gēn rèn hé shì rèn hé rén dōu wú guānIt has nothing to do with anyone or anything else.

HSK 4

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都由侯爷一人说了算

dōu yóu hóu yé yī rén shuō le suànis decided by you alone?

HSK 4

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门生的主意都大了

mén shēng de zhǔ yì dōu dà lehis students become more headstrong

HSK 7

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此议关乎着霁州军权

cǐ yì guān hū zhe jì zhōu jūn quánThis proposal concerns the military power of the Jizhou Army.

HSK 7

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皆酌情战功绝无私见

jiē zhuó qíng zhàn gōng jué wú sī jiànIt is based on merit, with absolutely no bias.

HSK 7

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太傅若是自觉年迈的话

tài fù ruò shì zì jué nián mài de huàIf you feel you are getting old, Grand Tutor,

HSK 5

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倒可以学学当年陶太傅

dào kě yǐ xué xué dāng nián táo tài fùyou might learn from Grand Tutor Tao back then

HSK 5

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只念着他的好

zhǐ niàn zhe tā de hǎoremember only his good deeds.

HSK 4

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总好过七十仍不致仕

zǒng hǎo guò qī shí réng bù zhì shìIt is better than refusing to retire at seventy,

HSK 7

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guǎn xiá bù láiand being unable to manage affairs.

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卢城之战折了贺将军

lú chéng zhī zhàn zhé le hè jiāng jūnGeneral He fell in the Battle of Lucheng.

HSK 1

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只怕他魏严也狂妄不了几天了

zhǐ pà tā wèi yán yě kuáng wàng bù liǎo jǐ tiān leI'm afraid Wei Yan won't be arrogant for much longer.

HSK 7

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这兵马大权且落不到旁处

zhè bīng mǎ dà quán qiě luò bú dào páng chùthe military power won't fall to anyone else.

HSK 1

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便是他魏严的底气

biàn shì tā wèi yán de dǐ qìwhere Wei Yan's confidence comes from.

HSK 1

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好嘞我们去吃饭

hǎo lei wǒ men qù chī fànAlright! Let's go eat.

HSK 7

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diē niángFather, Mother.

HSK 4

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这一切到底是怎么回事

zhè yī qiè dào dǐ shì zěn me huí shìWhat happened exactly?