救命稻草
jiù​mìng​dào​cǎo

a straw to clutch at

  • created reference approved 救命稻草 → 根 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    救命稻草 jiù​mìng​dào​cǎo

    根 gēn

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 救命稻草 · jiù​mìng​dào​cǎo · a straw to clutch at — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    救命稻草

    jiù​mìng​dào​cǎo

    a straw to clutch at

    a last hope or desperate resort that usually fails to solve the problem; something one relies on in a crisis that is ultimately ineffective

    救命 (literal) → 救命 · jiù​mìng · to save a life 稻草 (literal) → 稻草 · dào​cǎo · rice straw

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

    created sense