瞎猫碰到死老鼠
xiā​māo​pèng​dào​sǐ​lǎo​shǔ

a stroke of luck

  • created reference approved 瞎猫碰到死老鼠/瞎貓碰到死老鼠 → 瞎猫碰上死耗子/瞎貓碰上死耗子 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瞎猫碰到死老鼠 / 瞎貓碰到死老鼠 xiā​māo​pèng​dào​sǐ​lǎo​shǔ

    瞎猫碰上死耗子 / 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā​māo​pèng​shàng​sǐ​hào​zi

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 瞎猫碰到死老鼠/瞎貓碰到死老鼠 · xiā​māo​pèng​dào​sǐ​lǎo​shǔ · a stroke of luck — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瞎猫碰到死老鼠 / 瞎貓碰到死老鼠

    xiā​māo​pèng​dào​sǐ​lǎo​shǔ

    a stroke of luck

    (xiehouyu) describes achieving something by pure chance or luck rather than skill; literally a blind cat coming across a dead mouse

    瞎 (literal) → 瞎 · xiā · blind 猫 (literal) → 猫/貓 · māo · cat 碰到 (literal) → 碰到 · pèng​dào · to run into 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · dead 老鼠 (literal) → 老鼠 · lǎo​shǔ · mouse

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

    created sense