Lingaku- lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom)
- fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself
- to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
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- to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself
- to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone who is guilty of wrongdoing accuses another person, thereby diverting attention from their own actions.
He stole something himself but accused others, trying to divert blame.
She rummaged through her colleague's belongings in the office but accused her colleague of being dishonest.
This meaning emphasizes the tactic of blaming someone else to cover one's own mistakes or misdeeds.
The manager in the report shifted all the mistakes onto the employees.
Generated collocations (experimental)
zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼to accuse a thief while being one oneselfzhǐ zé指责tā rén他人zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼to accuse others of being hypocriticaltā他zì jǐ自己zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼he himself is the one doing the accusingzhè zhǒng这种xíng wéi行为yǒu diǎn有点zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼this behavior is a bit hypocriticalcháng cháng常常zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼to often accuse others of wrongdoingzéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼de的shuō fǎ说法the accusation of hypocrisyzhèng zhì政治shǎng上de的zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼political accusations of hypocrisyzài在gōng zhòng公众miàn qián面前zéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼to accuse someone publicly while being guilty oneselfzéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼de的cè lüè策略a strategy of deflecting blamezéi hǎn zhuō zéi贼喊捉贼xiàn xiàng现象the phenomenon of hypocritical accusations