吃不完，兜着走
chī​bu​wán​dōu​zhe​zǒu

to get in serious trouble

  • created sense approved 吃不完，兜着走/吃不完，兜著走 · chī​bu​wán​dōu​zhe​zǒu · to get in serious trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃不完，兜着走 / 吃不完，兜著走

    chī​bu​wán​dōu​zhe​zǒu

    to get in serious trouble

    to face consequences too severe to handle alone; to be forced to take responsibility for a mess or mistake; literally to have more than one can eat and be forced to carry the leftovers away

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 完 (literal) → 完 · wán · finished ， (non_chinese) 兜 (literal) → 兜 · dōu · to take responsibility 着 (bound) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · to leave

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

    created sense