倒打一耙

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a rake; harrow
trad. (倒打一耙)		倒	打	一	耙
simp. #(倒打一耙)		倒	打	一	耙
Literally: “to strike with a muck-rake”.

Etymology

Refers to the fighting style of Zhu Bajie (豬八戒) in Journey to the West (西遊記).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàodǎyīpá

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧ ㄆㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàodǎyīpá [Phonetic: dàodǎyìpá]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧ ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàodǎyipá
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-ta³-i¹-pʻa²
    • Yale: dàu-dǎ-yī-pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawdaaipar
    • Palladius: даодаипа (daodaipa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰä³⁵/

Idiom

倒打一耙

1. to put the blame on one's victim, to make unfounded countercharges, to recriminate, to counter-attack

   他倒打一耙，要求赔偿。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā dàodǎyīpá, yāoqiú péicháng. [Pinyin]

   He hit back with an unfair demand for compensation.