螃蟹过河
páng​xiè​guò​hé

clumsy and chaotic

  • created reference approved 螃蟹过河/螃蟹過河 → 七手八脚/七手八腳 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    螃蟹过河 / 螃蟹過河 páng​xiè​guò​hé

    七手八脚 / 七手八腳 qī​shǒu​bā​jiǎo

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 螃蟹过河/螃蟹過河 · páng​xiè​guò​hé · clumsy and chaotic — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    螃蟹过河 / 螃蟹過河

    páng​xiè​guò​hé

    clumsy and chaotic

    (xiehōuyǔ) used to describe a situation where people are acting in a frantic, disorganized, or chaotic manner; based on the image of a crab crossing a river with its many legs moving in different directions

    螃蟹 (literal) → 螃蟹 · páng​xiè · crab 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 河 (literal) → 河 · hé · river

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

    created sense