口诛笔伐 — Chinese idiom
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
Traditional: 口誅筆伐
Meaning
- to condemn in speech and in writing
- to denounce by word and pen
Character by character
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 诛zhūto execute, to kill; to punish
- 笔bǐpen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write;
- 伐fácut down, subjugate, attack
Idioms sharing a character
- 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
- 交口称誉 jiāo kǒu chēng yù
- 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
- 俗谚口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
- 口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
- 口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán
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