"(fig.) to criticize" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
批点批點	pī diǎn	to add critical marks or notes to a text / (fig.) to criticize

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
兴师问罪興師問罪	xīng shī wèn zuì	to send punitive forces against / (fig.) to criticize violently	syn
对着和尚骂贼秃對著和尚罵賊禿	duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū	lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
指着和尚骂秃子指着和尚罵禿子	zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi	lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
批评批評	pī píng	to criticize / criticism / CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]	syn
指责指責	zhǐ zé	to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce	syn
批判	pī pàn	to criticize / critique / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
谴责譴責	qiǎn zé	to denounce / to condemn / to criticize / condemnation / criticism	syn
清算	qīng suàn	to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize
责备責備	zé bèi	to blame / to criticize / condemnation / reproach	syn
点名點名	diǎn míng	roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name	syn
非议非議	fēi yì	to criticize	syn
数落數落	shǔ luo	to enumerate sb's shortcomings / to criticize / to scold / to talk on and on	syn
批改	pī gǎi	to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)	syn
拍砖拍磚	pāi zhuān	(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
痛斥	tòng chì	to criticize harshly / to denounce / to attack viciously	syn
说三道四說三道四	shuō sān dào sì	to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip	syn
讲评講評	jiǎng píng	to criticize / to evaluate	syn
指手画脚指手畫腳	zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo	to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily	syn
批驳批駁	pī bó	to criticize / to refute	syn
苛责苛責	kē zé	to criticize harshly / to excoriate	syn
治病救人	zhì bìng jiù rén	to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him
指摘	zhǐ zhāi	to criticize	syn
品	pǐn	(bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)	syn
揭批	jiē pī	to expose and criticize	syn
惩前毖后懲前毖後	chéng qián bì hòu	lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again	syn
批	pī	to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)	syn
评評	píng	to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)	syn
雌黄雌黃	cí huáng	orpiment / arsenic trisulfide As2S3 / make changes in writing / malign / criticize without grounds	syn
喷噴	pēn	to spout / to spurt / to spray / to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)	syn
诤諍	zhèng	to admonish / to warn sb of their errors / to criticize frankly / Taiwan pr. [zheng1]	syn
怼懟	duǐ	(Internet slang) to attack verbally / to publicly criticize / to call out
砭	biān	ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce
小惩大诫小懲大誡	xiǎo chéng dà jiè	lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
数黄道黑數黃道黑	shǔ huáng dào hēi	to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃\|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
数黑论白數黑論白	shǔ hēi lùn bái	to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃\|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
数黑论黄數黑論黃	shǔ hēi lùn huáng	to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
横挑鼻子竖挑眼橫挑鼻子豎挑眼	héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn	to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left	syn
斗批改鬥批改	dòu pī gǎi	struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
挍	jiào	compare / criticize
弹斥彈斥	tán chì	accuse and criticize
严厉批评嚴厲批評	yán lì pī píng	to criticize severely / to slate
戳壁脚戳壁腳	chuō bì jiǎo	to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
戳脊梁	chuō jǐ liang	to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
戳脊梁骨	chuō jǐ liang gǔ	to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
指手划脚指手劃腳	zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo	to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳\|指手画脚
横挑鼻子，竖挑眼橫挑鼻子，豎挑眼	héng tiāo bí zi , shù tiāo yǎn	to pick on sth incessantly / to criticize right and left
痛批	tòng pī	to severely criticize
痛砭	tòng biān	to strongly criticize
痛砭时弊痛砭時弊	tòng biān shí bì	to strongly criticize the evils of the day
诤谏諍諫	zhèng jiàn	to criticize frankly / to admonish
大批特批	dà pī tè pī	to criticize severly / to censure
指谪指謫	zhǐ zhé	to criticize
诛心誅心	zhū xīn	to criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
鬼扯脚鬼扯腳	guǐ chě jiǎo	lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢	wài yì	(of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
一团漆黑一團漆黑	yī tuán qī hēi	pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation	syn
擦边擦邊	cā biān	to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
切中要害	qiè zhòng yào hài	to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
反裘负刍反裘負芻	fǎn qiú fù chú	lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
夫唱妇随夫唱婦隨	fū chàng fù suí	fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony	syn
操斧伐柯	cāo fǔ fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒	jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ	lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
来踪去迹來蹤去跡	lái zōng qù jì	the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter	syn
伐柯	fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
刺儿刺兒	cì r	a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
周瑜打黄盖周瑜打黃蓋	zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài	fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰\|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
脱裤子放屁脫褲子放屁	tuō kù zi fàng pì	lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
西克莫无花果西克莫無花果	xī kè mò wú huā guǒ	sycamore fig / common cluster fig
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn	fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
万箭穿心萬箭穿心	wàn jiàn chuān xīn	lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds	syn
回过头来回過頭來	huí guò tóu lái	to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
火候	huǒ hou	heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment	syn
卷铺盖捲鋪蓋	juǎn pū gai	to roll up one's bedding / to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired / to get the sack	syn
操刀	cāo dāo	to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task / to take the reins

The four tones

"(fig.) to criticize" Chinese-English Dictionary

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