老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo​shǔ​lā​guī​wú​cóng​xià​shǒu

no clue where to start

  • created reference approved 老鼠拉龟，无从下手/老鼠拉龜，無從下手 → 无从下手/無從下手 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老鼠拉龟，无从下手 / 老鼠拉龜，無從下手 lǎo​shǔ​lā​guī​wú​cóng​xià​shǒu

    无从下手 / 無從下手 wú​cóng​xià​shǒu

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 老鼠拉龟，无从下手/老鼠拉龜，無從下手 · lǎo​shǔ​lā​guī​wú​cóng​xià​shǒu · no clue where to start — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老鼠拉龟，无从下手 / 老鼠拉龜，無從下手

    lǎo​shǔ​lā​guī​wú​cóng​xià​shǒu

    no clue where to start

    like a mouse trying to pull a turtle; to have no way of getting a grip on a problem or starting a task

    老鼠 (literal) → 老鼠 · lǎo​shǔ · mouse 拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 龟 (literal) → 龟/龜 · guī · tortoise ， (non_chinese) 无从下手 (literal) → 无从下手/無從下手 · wú​cóng​xià​shǒu · to not know where to start

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

    created sense