拔短筹
bá​duǎn​chóu

to draw the short straw

  • created sense approved 拔短筹/拔短籌 · bá​duǎn​chóu · to draw the short straw — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔短筹 / 拔短籌

    bá​duǎn​chóu

    to draw the short straw

    to draw the short straw; to be unlucky or to end up with a short life span

    拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · short 筹 (literal) → 筹/籌 · chóu · chip

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

    created sense