錯下鍬撅
cuò​xià​qiāo​juē

to visit the wrong grave

  • created sense approved 错下锹撅/錯下鍬撅 · cuò​xià​qiāo​juē · to visit the wrong grave — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    错下锹撅 / 錯下鍬撅

    cuò​xià​qiāo​juē

    to visit the wrong grave

    (idiom) to mistakenly pay respects at the wrong burial site; to make a fundamental error in direction or intent

    错 (literal) → 错/錯 · cuò · wrong 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to put in 锹 (literal) → 锹/鍬 · qiāo · to dig 撅 (literal) → 撅 · juē · to dig

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

    created sense