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 7 of 11)

HSK 1

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什么糟糠夫糟糠妻

shén me zāo kāng fū zāo kāng qī"A husband who shared your hardships"? It's "wife."

HSK 6

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长玉那般艰难的时候

zhǎng yù nà bān jiān nán de shí hòuWhen Changyu was having such a hard time,

HSK 6

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是人家言正同她一道

shì rén jiā yán zhèng tóng tā yī dàoit was Yan Zheng who was with her,

HSK 3

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后来还为她被征兵带走了

hòu lái hái wèi tā bèi zhēng bīng dài zǒu leLater, he was even conscripted because of her.

HSK 2

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一朝富贵就翻脸不认人的负心女

yī zhāo fù guì jiù fān liǎn bù rèn rén de fù xīn nǚwho turn their backs on their husbands once they get rich.

HSK 3

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你怎么跟那舀水的瓢一样

nǐ zěn me gēn nà yǎo shuǐ de piáo yī yàngwhy do you keep

HSK 6

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你还不让人给你纠正是吧

nǐ hái bù ràng rén gěi nǐ jiū zhèng shì baand you won't let people correct you?

HSK 2

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长玉妹子不是这样的人

zhǎng yù mèi zi bú shì zhè yàng de rénChangyu is not that kind of person.

HSK 3

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我一定回去告诉樊都尉

wǒ yí dìng huí qù gào sù fán dū wèiI will definitely go back and tell Commandant Fan

HSK 7

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言正也要平安归来呀

yán zhèng yě yào píng ān guī lái yaYan Zheng must return safely too.

HSK 2

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一家人就该齐齐整整的

yī jiā rén jiù gāi qí qí zhěng zhěng deA family ought to be all together.

HSK 2

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是啊林安人都等着他呢

shì a lín ān rén dōu děng zhe tā neYes. Everyone in Lin'an is waiting for him.

HSK 3

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是为了麓原书院的山长

shì wèi le lù yuán shū yuàn de shān zhǎngjust for the Headmaster of Luyuan Academy.

HSK 5

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你我达成一致也是为了他

nǐ wǒ dá chéng yí zhì yě shì wèi le tāWe reached an agreement for his sake too.

HSK 6

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李司马赖在霁州不回京城

lǐ sī mǎ lài zài jì zhōu bù huí jīng chéngDiscipline Inspector Li, you stay in Jizhou and refuse to return to the Capital.

HSK 1

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该不会在肖想有夫之妇吧

gāi bú huì zài xiào xiǎng yǒu fū zhī fù baSurely you aren't pining for a married woman?

HSK 4

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樊娘子与武安侯是假成亲

fán niáng zǐ yǔ wǔ ān hóu shì jiǎ chéng qīnMrs. Fan and the Marquis of Wu'an are in a fake marriage.

HSK 4

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我与樊都尉是袍泽

wǒ yǔ fán dū wèi shì páo zéCommandant Fan and I are comrades.

HSK 7

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我与山长曾同场作战

wǒ yǔ shān zhǎng céng tóng chǎng zuò zhànThe Headmaster and I once fought side by side.

HSK 7

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是一身正气的同袍情义

shì yī shēn zhèng qì de tóng páo qíng yìWhat we have is a righteous comradeship.