以狸饵鼠
yǐ​lí'ěr​shǔ

to use ineffective measures

  • created sense approved 以狸饵鼠/以狸餌鼠 · yǐ​lí'ěr​shǔ · to use ineffective measures — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以狸饵鼠 / 以狸餌鼠

    yǐ​lí'ěr​shǔ

    to use ineffective measures

    literally meaning to use a cat as bait to catch a mouse; used to describe a method that is completely useless or bound to fail

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 狸 (literal) → 狸 · lí · raccoon dog 饵 (literal) → 饵/餌 · ěr · bait 鼠 (literal) → 鼠 · shǔ · rat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense