旁敲側擊 [ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ; pang2 qiao1 ce4 ji1] glancing knock, sideways stroke (idiom); fig. circuitous attack in words or writing to attack by innuendo to satirize to cast oblique aspersions ◄ ►