吊桶落在井里
diào​tǒng​luò​zài​jǐng​lǐ

to be stuck in a predicament

  • created sense approved 吊桶落在井里/吊桶落在井裡 · diào​tǒng​luò​zài​jǐng​lǐ · to be stuck in a predicament — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吊桶落在井里 / 吊桶落在井裡

    diào​tǒng​luò​zài​jǐng​lǐ

    to be stuck in a predicament

    literally meaning "the bucket has fallen into the well"; used to describe a situation where one is unable to extricate oneself or where things have reached a point beyond help

    吊桶 (literal) → 吊桶 · diào​tǒng · well bucket 落 (literal) → 落 · luò · to fall 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · well 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in

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

    created sense