眼中釘
yǎn​zhōng​dīng

thorn in one's side

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

    眼中钉 / 眼中釘 yǎn​zhōng​dīng

    肉中刺 ròu​zhōng​cì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 眼中钉/眼中釘 · yǎn​zhōng​dīng · thorn in one's side — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼中钉 / 眼中釘

    yǎn​zhōng​dīng

    thorn in one's side

    a thorn in one's side; someone or something that is hated or extremely annoying

    眼中 (literal) → 眼中 · yǎn​zhōng · in someone's eyes 钉 (literal) → 钉/釘 · dīng · nail

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

    created sense