xié​shān​chāo​hǎi

sheer impossibility

Senses

挟山超海/ 挾山超海 xié​shān​chāo​hǎi (also xiá​shān​chāo​hǎi) sheer impossibility

(literary) describes a task that is absolutely impossible; literally, "to carry a mountain under one's arm while leaping over the sea"

References

same_as 挟山超海/挾山超海 挟泰山超北海/挾泰山超北海