倒打一耙

Chinese
 
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; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 a rake; harrow
simp. and trad.
(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

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.
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