倒打一耙

dào dǎ yī pá

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1. 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
2. to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

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Child Words of 倒打一耙

• 一 一 yī: one
• 倒 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 耙 耙 bà: a hoe
• 耙 耙 pá: a rake