章甫荐履
zhāng​fǔ​jiàn​lǚ

everything turned upside down

  • created sense approved 章甫荐履/章甫薦履 · zhāng​fǔ​jiàn​lǚ · everything turned upside down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    章甫荐履 / 章甫薦履

    zhāng​fǔ​jiàn​lǚ

    everything turned upside down

    (idiom) a court crown placed beneath straw shoes; used to describe a situation where things are completely mixed up or inverted, or where there is a failure to distinguish between right and wrong

    章甫 (literal) → 章甫 · zhāng​fǔ · ceremonial cap 荐 (literal) → 荐/薦 · jiàn · straw mat 履 (literal) → 履 · lǚ · shoe

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

    created sense