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指冬瓜話葫蘆 (zi2 dung1 gwaa1 waa6 wu4 lou2) — verb; literally: pointing at the winter melon but talk about gourd. It means abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else in Cantonese

ziˊ²指dungˉ¹冬gwaaˉ¹瓜waaˍ₆話wuˎ₄葫louˊ²蘆
简 指冬瓜话葫芦
Mandarin Pinyin: zhi3 dong1 gua1 hua4 hu2 lu5

Meaning of 指冬瓜話葫蘆

nounverb; literally: pointing at the winter melon but talk about gourd. It means abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else

Characters in 指冬瓜話葫蘆

指zi2
point to/at; refer to
冬dung1
winter
瓜gwaa1
die
話waa6
talk; speak; tell
葫wu4
bottle gourd; calabash
蘆lou4
reed; rush

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