打着灯笼没处找
dǎ​zhe​dēng​long​méi​chù​zhǎo

hard to come by

  • created sense approved 打着灯笼没处找/打著燈籠沒處找 · dǎ​zhe​dēng​long​méi​chù​zhǎo · hard to come by — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打着灯笼没处找 / 打著燈籠沒處找

    dǎ​zhe​dēng​long​méi​chù​zhǎo

    hard to come by

    literally meaning that one cannot find something even when searching with a lantern; used to describe someone or something that is exceptionally rare or hard to find

    dǎ​zhe​dēng​lóng​méi​chù​zhǎo

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hold; to carry 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 灯笼 (literal) → 灯笼/燈籠 · dēng​long · lantern 没 (literal) → 没/沒 · méi · not have 处 (bound) → 处/處 · chù · place 找 (literal) → 找 · zhǎo · to look for

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

    created sense