一枝竹篙打一船人
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | branch; (a measure word) | bamboo pole | beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | a boat; vessel; ship | man; person; people | ||
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trad. (一枝竹篙打一船人) | 一 | 枝 | 竹篙 | 打 | 一 | 船 | 人 | |
simp. #(一枝竹篙打一船人) | 一 | 枝 | 竹篙 | 打 | 一 | 船 | 人 | |
alternative forms | 一枝竹篙壓倒一船人/一枝竹篙压倒一船人 一行竹篙壓倒一船人/一行竹篙压倒一船人 |
Pronunciation
Idiom
一枝竹篙打一船人
- (Hakka) to tar everyone with the same brush
Synonyms
- 一竿子打翻一船人 (yī gānzi dǎfān yī chuán rén)
- (Cantonese) 一竹篙打一船人
- 以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán)
References
- 臺灣客家語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka] (in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2014.