挟山超海
xié​shān​chāo​hǎi

sheer impossibility

  • created reference approved 挟山超海/挾山超海 → 挟泰山超北海/挾泰山超北海 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挟山超海 / 挾山超海 xié​shān​chāo​hǎi

    挟泰山超北海 / 挾泰山超北海 xié​tài​shān​chāo​běi​hǎi

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 挟山超海/挾山超海 · xié​shān​chāo​hǎi · sheer impossibility — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挟山超海 / 挾山超海

    xié​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"

    xiá​shān​chāo​hǎi

    挟 (literal) → 挟/挾 · xié · to hold under the arm 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 超 (literal) → 超 · chāo · to jump over 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea

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

    created sense