赶着鸭子上架
gǎn​zhe​yā​zi​shàng​jià

to force someone to do something they cannot

  • created sense approved 赶着鸭子上架/趕著鴨子上架 · gǎn​zhe​yā​zi​shàng​jià · to force someone to do something they cannot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赶着鸭子上架 / 趕著鴨子上架

    gǎn​zhe​yā​zi​shàng​jià

    to force someone to do something they cannot

    to drive a duck onto a perch; to push someone to do a task that is beyond their ability or that they are unwilling to do

    赶 (literal) → 赶/趕 · gǎn · to drive 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 鸭子 (literal) → 鸭子/鴨子 · yā​zi · duck 上架 (literal) → 上架 · shàng​jià · to stock shelves

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

    created sense