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骂 (mà)
Definition: To insult someone with coarse or malicious words.
1. 用粗野或带恶意的话侮辱人:
- Abuse someone.
- Curse the street.
- Curse a reputation.
- Curse and scold.
- Insult and curse.
2. 斥责:
- His father scolded him for being useless.
Etymology:
- 本义: 用粗语或恶意的话侮辱人
- Formation: Phonetic and associative. The character is composed of 尤 (yóu), which represents a noise, and the sound of 马 (mǎ), which means horse. 吅 expresses a loud commotion.
Synonyms:
1. 同本义 ([En.] abuse; curse; scold)
2. 增益。通“隖” ([En.] gain)
3. 痛斥 ([En.] scathingly denounce; trounce; bitterly attack)
Examples:
- 斥骂 (责骂。用严厉的话责备)
- Scolding (berating someone with severe words).
- 咒骂 (用恶毒的话骂)
- Cursing (using vicious words to insult).
- 笑骂 (讥笑并辱骂)
- Laugh and scold (mock and insult).
- 辱骂 (污辱谩骂)
- Insult and curse (humilate with vulgar language).
Contextual quotations:
1. 《世说新语·方正》: 对子骂父。
- Cursed the father with harsh language.
2. 唐· 柳宗元《答韦中立论师道书》: 群怪聚骂。
- A group of monsters gathered to scold.
3. 《史记·魏公子列传》: 窃骂侯生。
- Secretly insulted Hou Sheng.
Further examples of usage:
1. 《盐铁论》: 商则长诈,工则饰骂。
- Merchants are adept at deception, and craftspeople excel at embellishing insults.
2. 《汉书·李广苏建传》: 武骂 律曰。
- The law scolded for martial issues.
3. 宋· 文天祥《后序》: 骂逆贼。
- Cursed the traitorous bandits.
4. 清· 邵长蘅《青门剩稿》: 应元骂曰。
- Responded with a bitter denouncement.
5. 《战国策·燕策》: 箕踞以骂。
- Sitting in a scoffing manner to insult.
6. 清· 全祖望《梅花岭记》: 大骂而死。
- Died after a great scolding.
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy