泰山壓卵
tài​shān​yā​luǎn

to be overwhelmingly outmatched

  • created sense approved 泰山压卵/泰山壓卵 · tài​shān​yā​luǎn · to be overwhelmingly outmatched — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泰山压卵 / 泰山壓卵

    tài​shān​yā​luǎn

    to be overwhelmingly outmatched

    (idiom) a Mount Tai crushing an egg; refers to an extremely lopsided contest where one side has an absolute advantage and is certain to win

    泰山 (literal) → 泰山 · tài​shān · Mount Tai 压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to press 卵 (literal) → 卵 · luǎn · egg; ovum; spawn

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

    created sense