眼中刺
yǎn​zhōng​cì

thorn in one's flesh

  • created reference approved 眼中刺 → 眼中钉/眼中釘 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼中刺 yǎn​zhōng​cì

    眼中钉 / 眼中釘 yǎn​zhōng​dīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 眼中刺 · yǎn​zhōng​cì · thorn in one's flesh — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼中刺

    yǎn​zhōng​cì

    thorn in one's flesh

    a thorn in one's eye; a person who is a source of intense irritation or hatred; an eyesore

    眼中 (literal) → 眼中 · yǎn​zhōng · in someone's eyes 刺 (literal) → 刺 · cì · thorn

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

    created sense