蜂虿有毒
fēng​chài​yǒu​dú

small things can cause harm

  • created sense approved 蜂虿有毒/蜂蠆有毒 · fēng​chài​yǒu​dú · small things can cause harm — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜂虿有毒 / 蜂蠆有毒

    fēng​chài​yǒu​dú

    small things can cause harm

    Literally meaning that bees and scorpions are poisonous; used as a metaphor to warn that even small or seemingly insignificant things can be dangerous or cause great harm.

    蜂 (literal) → 蜂 · fēng · bee 虿 (literal) → 虿/蠆 · chài · scorpion 有毒 (literal) → 有毒 · yǒu​dú · poisonous

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

    created sense