胳膊拧不过大腿
gē​bo​nǐng​bu​guò​dà​tuǐ

the weak cannot overcome the strong

  • created reference approved 胳膊拧不过大腿/胳膊擰不過大腿 → 胳膊扭不过大腿/胳膊扭不過大腿 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胳膊拧不过大腿 / 胳膊擰不過大腿 gē​bo​nǐng​bu​guò​dà​tuǐ

    胳膊扭不过大腿 / 胳膊扭不過大腿 gē​bo​niǔ​bu​guò​dà​tuǐ

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 胳膊拧不过大腿/胳膊擰不過大腿 · gē​bo​nǐng​bu​guò​dà​tuǐ · the weak cannot overcome the strong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胳膊拧不过大腿 / 胳膊擰不過大腿

    gē​bo​nǐng​bu​guò​dà​tuǐ

    the weak cannot overcome the strong

    (idiom) the weak cannot win against the strong, literally the arm cannot twist harder than the thigh; also written as [[胳膊扭不过大腿|胳膊扭不過大腿|ge1 bo5 niu3 bu5 guo4 da4 tui3]]

    gē​bo​nǐng​bú​guò​dà​tuǐ

    胳膊 (literal) → 胳膊 · gē​bo · arm 拧 (literal) → 拧/擰 · nǐng · to screw 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · [potential/result] 大腿 (literal) → 大腿 · dà​tuǐ · thigh

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

    created sense