倒打一耙
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack; to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
- to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
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猪八戒(Zhū Bā jiè)— Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
→悟能(Wù néng)— Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
→反击(fǎn jī)— to strike back
→一夫当关,万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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