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龜毛
guī​máo

fussy

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 龟毛兔角 guī​máo​tù​jiǎo non-existent things
    Literally "turtle hair and rabbit horns"; describes something that exists in name only but not in reality; used in Buddhist texts to illustrate the concept of emptiness.
  • 兔角龟毛 tù​jiǎo​guī​máo impossibility
    Something that cannot possibly happen; literally "rabbits growing horns and turtles growing hair"