作舍道旁
zuò​shè​dào​páng

difficult to succeed

  • created reference approved 作舍道旁 → 作舍道边/作舍道邊 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作舍道旁 zuò​shè​dào​páng

    作舍道边 / 作舍道邊 zuò​shè​dào​biān

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 作舍道旁 · zuò​shè​dào​páng · difficult to succeed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作舍道旁

    zuò​shè​dào​páng

    difficult to succeed

    (idiom) to build a house by the roadside; a metaphor for a task being difficult to accomplish because there are too many conflicting opinions and constant interference from passersby

    作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 舍 (literal) → 舍 · shè · to lodge 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · road 旁 (literal) → 旁 · páng · side

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

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