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 3 of 11)

HSK 6

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樊将军能喝酒了吧

fán jiāng jūn néng hē jiǔ le baGeneral Fan, can you drink now?

HSK 2

0:03s

是啊兄弟们都等了那么多天了

shì a xiōng dì men dōu děng le nà me duō tiān le-Exactly. -We've been waiting for so many days.

HSK 7

0:03s

早就想来庆贺庆贺了

zǎo jiù xiǎng lái qìng hè qìng hè leWe've wanted to celebrate for a while.

HSK 6

0:03s

樊将军就是我们眼里的大将军

fán jiāng jūn jiù shì wǒ men yǎn lǐ de dà jiāng jūnGeneral Fan, you are a great general in our eyes.

HSK 7

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你可是杀了长信王的大功臣

nǐ kě shì shā le zhǎng xìn wáng de dà gōng chénYou are the hero who killed Lord Changxin.

HSK 7

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收复崇州指日可待

shōu fù chóng zhōu zhǐ rì kě dàiRecovering Chongzhou is just around the corner.

HSK 4

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那我就谢谢各位了

nà wǒ jiù xiè xiè gè wèi leThank you, guys.

HSK 3

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怕是不太方便吧

pà shì bù tài fāng biàn baThat might... not be appropriate.

HSK 3

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李大人你这是作甚

lǐ dà rén nǐ zhè shì zuò shèn[Qinwen Hall] Lord Li, what are you doing?

HSK 6

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今日特意负荆向樊姑娘请罪

jīn rì tè yì fù jīng xiàng fán gū niáng qǐng zuìToday I came with thorned sticks to apologize to you.

HSK 4

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樊姑娘怕我意气用事

fán gū niáng pà wǒ yì qì yòng shìyou were afraid I would act impulsively,

HSK 5

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反而在你重病之时对你恶语相向

fǎn ér zài nǐ zhòng bìng zhī shí duì nǐ è yǔ xiāng xiàngand instead spoke harshly to you when you were seriously ill.

HSK 6

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引起了别人对你的误解

yǐn qǐ le bié rén duì nǐ de wù jiěcaused others to misunderstand you

HSK 5

0:03s

以荆条鞭笞我

yǐ jīng tiáo biān chī wǒplease whip me with these thorned sticks.

HSK 4

0:03s

否则我无颜面见姑娘

fǒu zé wǒ wú yán miàn jiàn gū niángOtherwise, I have no face to see you,

HSK 4

0:03s

更无颜面见贺大人

gèng wú yán miàn jiàn hè dà rénnor to see Lord He.

HSK 7

0:03s

我能明白你当时的处境

wǒ néng míng bái nǐ dāng shí de chǔ jìngI can understand your situation at that time.

HSK 3

0:03s

没想到我在西北历练多时

méi xiǎng dào wǒ zài xī běi lì liàn duō shíI didn't expect that, with so many years of experience in the Northwest,

HSK 6

0:03s

diǎn bīng diǎn jiàngEenie meenie miney moe, [East Suburb of Qingping County]

HSK 5

0:03s

我要抽最高的

wǒ yào chōu zuì gāo de[East Suburb of Qingping County] I want the highest one.