tài​suì​tóu​shang​dòng​tǔ

to provoke a powerful person

Senses

太岁头上动土/ 太歲頭上動土 tài​suì​tóu​shang​dòng​tǔ to provoke a powerful person

(idiom) to provoke someone far more powerful; literally 'digging earth over the head of the God of the Year', referring to an ancient superstition that construction in the direction of the planet Jupiter would bring bad luck

References

see 太岁头上动土/太歲頭上動土 太岁/太歲