兔角龜毛
tù​jiǎo​guī​máo

impossibility

  • created reference approved 兔角龟毛/兔角龜毛 → 龟毛兔角/龜毛兔角 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔角龟毛 / 兔角龜毛 tù​jiǎo​guī​máo

    龟毛兔角 / 龜毛兔角 guī​máo​tù​jiǎo

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 兔角龟毛/兔角龜毛 → 无中生有/無中生有 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔角龟毛 / 兔角龜毛 tù​jiǎo​guī​máo

    无中生有 / 無中生有 wú​zhōng​shēng​yǒu

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兔角龟毛/兔角龜毛 · tù​jiǎo​guī​máo · impossibility — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔角龟毛 / 兔角龜毛

    tù​jiǎo​guī​máo

    impossibility

    Something that cannot possibly happen; literally "rabbits growing horns and turtles growing hair"

    兔 (literal) → 兔 · tù · rabbit 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn 龟毛 (literal) → 龟毛/龜毛 · guī​máo · fussy

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

    created sense