老虎头上拍苍蝇
lǎo​hǔ​tóu​shàng​pāi​cāng​ying

dangerous

  • created reference approved 老虎头上拍苍蝇/老虎頭上拍蒼蠅 → 老虎头上打苍蝇/老虎頭上打蒼蠅 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老虎头上拍苍蝇 / 老虎頭上拍蒼蠅 lǎo​hǔ​tóu​shàng​pāi​cāng​ying

    老虎头上打苍蝇 / 老虎頭上打蒼蠅 lǎo​hǔ​tóu​shang​dǎ​cāng​ying

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 老虎头上拍苍蝇/老虎頭上拍蒼蠅 · lǎo​hǔ​tóu​shàng​pāi​cāng​ying · dangerous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老虎头上拍苍蝇 / 老虎頭上拍蒼蠅

    lǎo​hǔ​tóu​shàng​pāi​cāng​ying

    dangerous

    To swat a fly on a tiger's head, describing a situation that is extremely dangerous or an act of reckless audacity; looking for trouble

    老虎 (literal) → 老虎 · lǎo​hǔ · tiger 头上 (literal) → 头上/頭上 · tóu​shang · overhead 拍 (literal) → 拍 · pāi · to pat 苍蝇 (literal) → 苍蝇/蒼蠅 · cāng​ying · fly

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

    created sense