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It is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is zh ǐ sh ǒ Uhu à Ji ǎ o, which is used to describe the gesture when speaking. It also describes rashly pointing out and criticizing. From the water margin.

Citation explanation

It refers to all kinds of actions when speaking. It is used to describe unrestrained or complacent speech. ming Ling Mengchu's the first time to make a case is amazing volume 30: "the people on the Taihu Lake are all able to save the shore, but also see the generals pointing their fingers, fighting with each other, until the night." In the ninth chapter of the scholars by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty, Liu shoubei, a friend of Mr. Lou who donated money to redeem him, was a boatman with a surname of his own: he didn't know where to go, and he was still biting words in front of his master. Chapter 12 of the scholars: "he was unconvinced and made a fuss with the officials." Chapter 6 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: Liu did not dare to go there. He dusted his clothes and taught Baner a few words. Then he slipped to the corner gate and saw a few people sitting on the gate talking. The 22nd chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "I saw Baoyu running to the screen lamp, pointing his hand and drawing his feet, criticizing freely." The fourteenth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty "red haired ghost drunk lying in Lingguan hall" Chao Tianwang recognizes the righteousness of Dongxi village ": here, Lei Heng will point his hand and draw in.

The origin of Idioms

The 75th chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty: "seeing that Marquis Li Yu and Zhang Gan's office are directing in front of Songjiang, you come and I go, they all want to kill this guy, but they are standing in the way of Songjiang and dare not do it."

Idiom usage

It refers to blind command. How about standing in front of them and leading them? Or stand behind them and criticize them? Mao Zedong's investigation report on Hunan Peasant Movement