鑽冰求酥
zuān​bīng​qiú​sū

to drill ice for butter

  • created sense approved 钻冰求酥/鑽冰求酥 · zuān​bīng​qiú​sū · to drill ice for butter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钻冰求酥 / 鑽冰求酥

    zuān​bīng​qiú​sū

    to drill ice for butter

    (literary) to drill into ice to seek butter; a metaphor for an impossible task that cannot be accomplished

    钻 (literal) → 钻/鑽 · zuān · to drill 冰 (literal) → 冰 · bīng · ice 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 酥 (literal) → 酥 · sū · butter

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

    created sense