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挟山超海
xié​shān​chāo​hǎi

sheer impossibility

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
挟山超海 挾山超海 xié​shān​chāo​hǎi
sheer impossibility
(literary) describes a task that is absolutely impossible; literally, "to carry a mountain under one's arm while leaping over the sea"

Frequency

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0.004 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 挟泰山超北海 xié​tài​shān​chāo​běi​hǎi

Sources

Frequency data
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