Word information
Simplified躺枪
Traditional躺槍
Pinyintǎng qiāng
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Chinese word dictionary
躺枪
tǎng qiāng · (neologism c. 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despite having done nothing to deserve it; to be unfairly targeted; to catch a stray (abbr. for 躺著也中槍|躺着也中枪[tang3 zhe5 ye3 zhong4 qiang1])
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