替罪羊
tì zuì yáng
Pinyin
Definition
替罪羊
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- scapegoat
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
冒名顶替
- 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
- 2 to pose under a false name
包办代替
- 1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
千古罪人
- 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
吊民伐罪
- 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)