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 1 of 11)

HSK 6

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贺将军一路走好

hè jiāng jūn yī lù zǒu hǎoRest in peace, General He!

HSK 4

0:03s

你这个猪狗不如的大叛徒

nǐ zhè ge zhū gǒu bù rú de dà pàn túyou despicable traitor!

HSK 1

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贺大将军昨日也战死沙场

hè dà jiāng jūn zuó rì yě zhàn sǐ shā chǎngGeneral He also died in battle yesterday.

HSK 6

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让他下去给两位将军谢罪

ràng tā xià qù gěi liǎng wèi jiāng jūn xiè zuìSend him down to apologize to the two generals!

HSK 6

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杀死长信王的女将军吧

shā sǐ zhǎng xìn wáng de nǚ jiàng jūn bafemale general who killed Lord Changxin, right?

HSK 1

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樊娘子你这是作甚

fán niáng zǐ nǐ zhè shì zuò shènMrs. Fan, what are you doing?

HSK 7

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我们敬佩你一个女子

wǒ men jìng pèi nǐ yí gè nǚ zǐWe admire that you, as a woman,

HSK 7

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不畏生死杀死长信王

bù wèi shēng sǐ shā sǐ zhǎng xìn wángfearlessly killed Lord Changxin.

HSK 5

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可你为什么替魏祁林

kě nǐ wèi shén me tì wèi qí línBut why are you speaking up for Wei Qilin,

HSK 5

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你为什么替魏祁林说话

nǐ wèi shén me tì wèi qí lín shuō huàWhy are you defending Wei Qilin?

HSK 1

0:03s

他不是他不是叛徒

tā bú shì tā bú shì pàn túHe's... He's not a traitor.

HSK 6

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今日是谢大将军和贺将军的忌日

jīn rì shì xiè dà jiāng jūn hé hè jiāng jūn de jì rìToday is the death anniversary of General Xie and General He.

HSK 6

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我还没有祭拜谢将军

wǒ hái méi yǒu jì bài xiè jiāng jūnI haven't paid respect to General Xie yet.

HSK 5

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你要替魏狗说话

nǐ yào tì wèi gǒu shuō huàIf you speak up for the bastard Wei,

HSK 2

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你就不配祭拜谢大将军

nǐ jiù bù pèi jì bài xiè dà jiāng jūnyou are not worthy to pay respects to General Xie!

HSK 4

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我们谢家军绝不答应

wǒ men xiè jiā jūn jué bù dā yìngThe Xie Army will never agree to it!

HSK 2

0:03s

chū qù chū qù-Get out! -Get out! -Fall in! -Get out!

HSK 6

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谢家军焉州军听令

xiè jiā jūn yān zhōu jūn tīng lìngMy Lord, she just... Xie Army, Yanzhou Army, listen to my command!

HSK 7

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可当真是生分了

kě dàng zhēn shì shēng fēn leWe really are distant.

HSK 7

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侯爷若觉得生分了

hóu yé ruò jué de shēng fēn leYour Lordship, if you feel we're distant,