曝腮龍門
pù​sāi​lóng​mén

to fail an exam

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

    曝腮龙门 / 曝腮龍門

    pù​sāi​lóng​mén

    to fail an exam

    to fail an examination or suffer a major career setback; literally to expose one's gills at the Dragon Gate

    曝 (literal) → 曝 · 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