反唇相讥

to answer back sarcastically (idiom) / to retort

Characters and words in 反唇相讥

contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

= + : A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
lip

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) celebrates her birthday in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) with a birthday cake (辰) made of mandarins (口). As she eats the cake her whole lips (唇) get orange (口) with cake.
variant of 唇[chun2]

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) celebrates her birthday in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) with a birthday cake (辰) made of mandarins (口). As she eats the cake her whole lips (唇) get orange (口) with cake.
surname Xiang
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

= + : I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Marie Curie portrays an ent in the anglepod's bathroom. Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree. The Eye of Providence enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait. The Eye of Providence asks Marie Curie how much she wants to have for the painting, but Marie Curie just wonders if the Eye of Providence is made from Radium, because it radiates so much.
to ridicule

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is sneering (讥) at an advertising column (讠) displaying a coffee table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) because the advertising column is floating upside down.

Words with 反唇相讥

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Sentences with 反唇相讥

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