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动土
dòng​tǔ

to break ground

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 太岁头上动土 tài​suì​tóu​shang​dòng​tǔ to provoke a powerful person
    (idiom) to provoke someone far more powerful; literally 'digging earth over the head of the God of the Year', referring to an ancient superstition that construction in the direction of the planet Jupiter would bring bad luck