蹿房越脊
cuān​fáng​yuè​jǐ

to dash over rooftops

  • created sense approved 蹿房越脊/躥房越脊 · cuān​fáng​yuè​jǐ · to dash over rooftops — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蹿房越脊 / 躥房越脊

    cuān​fáng​yuè​jǐ

    to dash over rooftops

    to leap onto houses and cross over rooffridges, describing the fast movement of burglars or knight-errants, often seen in martial arts fiction

    蹿 (literal) → 蹿/躥 · cuān · to leap up 房 (literal) → 房 · fáng · house 越 (literal) → 越 · yuè · to jump over 脊 (literal) → 脊 · jǐ · ridge

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    created sense