踢到鐵板
tī​dào​tiě​bǎn

to meet with a rebuff

  • created sense approved 踢到铁板/踢到鐵板 · tī​dào​tiě​bǎn · to meet with a rebuff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踢到铁板 / 踢到鐵板

    tī​dào​tiě​bǎn

    to meet with a rebuff

    Metaphor for failing to achieve a goal and instead being scolded or flatly rejected; to hit a snag or meet with firm resistance

    踢, 到, 铁板

    踢 (literal) → 踢 · tī · to kick 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · [resultative] 铁板 (literal) → 铁板/鐵板 · tiě​bǎn · tough problem

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

    created sense