1 to scold

2 to abuse

3 to curse

4 classifier: 通 tòng

5 classifier: 顿 dùn

1 to damn

2 to curse

3 to revile

1 to rain curses (on sb)

2 to let sb have it

3 to bawl sb out

1 to receive a scolding

1 to bawl out

2 to reprimand severely

1 lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)

2 fig. all kinds of emotions

3 to mock and scold

4 (of writing) freely roving

5 following the author's fancy

1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)

2 fig. to scold sb indirectly

3 to criticize obliquely

1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree

2 fig. to scold sb indirectly

3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)

1 lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)

2 fig. to make indirect criticisms

1 to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom)