"指桑罵槐" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

Forms: しそうばかい
  1. 桑の木を指して、槐(えんじゅ)の木を罵る。一見、ある人を非難しているように見えるが、実際は、それにかこつけて、遠回しに別の相手を非難すること。あてこすり。
    Sense id: ja-指桑罵槐-ja-phrase-DoWrTsjs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 三十六計, 日本語, 日本語_成句
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    "兵法三十六計より。"
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        "桑の木を指して、槐(えんじゅ)の木を罵る。一見、ある人を非難しているように見えるが、実際は、それにかこつけて、遠回しに別の相手を非難すること。あてこすり。"
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    "兵法三十六計より。"
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    {
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        "桑の木を指して、槐(えんじゅ)の木を罵る。一見、ある人を非難しているように見えるが、実際は、それにかこつけて、遠回しに別の相手を非難すること。あてこすり。"
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