pù​sāi​lóng​mén

to fail an exam

  • created reference approved 暴腮龙门/暴腮龍門 → 曝腮龙门/曝腮龍門 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暴腮龙门 / 暴腮龍門 pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    曝腮龙门 / 曝腮龍門 pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 暴腮龙门/暴腮龍門 → 曝鳃龙门/曝鰓龍門 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暴腮龙门 / 暴腮龍門 pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    曝鳃龙门 / 曝鰓龍門 pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 暴腮龙门/暴腮龍門 · pù​sāi​lóng​mén · to fail an exam — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暴腮龙门 / 暴腮龍門

    pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    to fail an exam

    To fail the imperial civil-service examination

    暴 (literal) → 暴 · pù · to sun 腮 (literal) → 腮 · sāi · cheek 龙门 (literal) → 龙门/龍門 · lóng​mén · Dragon Gate

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 暴腮龙门/暴腮龍門 · pù​sāi​lóng​mén · to suffer a setback — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暴腮龙门 / 暴腮龍門

    pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    to suffer a setback

    To be in a difficult or frustrated situation; to meet with failure or rejection

    暴 (literal) → 暴 · pù · to sun 腮 (literal) → 腮 · sāi · cheek 龙门 (literal) → 龙门/龍門 · lóng​mén · Dragon Gate

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

    created sense