倒打一耙

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 倒打一耙 mean?

倒打一耙 (dào dǎ yī pá) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. 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

2to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

Character breakdown

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倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt 打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]一yīone · single 耙bàa hoe · to harrow

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倒打一耙

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