| 别人牵驴你拔橛子 |
bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi |
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame |
| 别 |
Bié |
surname Bie |
| 别 |
bié |
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性别, 派别) |
| 别 |
biè |
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc |
| 别人 |
bié ren |
other people; others; other person |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 牵 |
qiān |
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in |
| 驴 |
lǘ |
variant of 驴 |
| 驴 |
lǘ |
donkey / CL:头 |
| 你 |
nǐ |
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) |
| 你 |
nǐ |
you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 拔 |
bá |
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize |
| 橛 |
jué |
a peg / low post |
| 橛 |
jué |
old variant of 橛 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |