蠅糞點玉
yíng​fèn​diǎn​yù

a fly in the ointment

  • created sense approved 蝇粪点玉/蠅糞點玉 · yíng​fèn​diǎn​yù · a fly in the ointment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蝇粪点玉 / 蠅糞點玉

    yíng​fèn​diǎn​yù

    a fly in the ointment

    (literary) fly specks on jade; a metaphor for how the wicked and treacherous can harm good people or ruin something precious

    蝇 (literal) → 蝇/蠅 · yíng · fly 粪 (literal) → 粪/糞 · fèn · manure 点 (literal) → 点/點 · diǎn · dot 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade

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

    created sense