刨祖坟
Traditional (Taiwan):
刨祖墳
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to dig into someone's family background
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to deeply offend someone's ancestors
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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known
- Literally
- to dig up ancestors' graves
- Meaning
- A variant of 挖祖坟: to dig into someone's family background, or to do something deeply offensive to a person's ancestors. Hostile in tone.
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