雁過拔毛
yàn​guò​bá​máo

to seize any opportunity

  • created sense approved 雁过拔毛/雁過拔毛 · yàn​guò​bá​máo · to seize any opportunity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雁过拔毛 / 雁過拔毛

    yàn​guò​bá​máo

    to seize any opportunity

    literally meaning to grab feathers from a goose flying past; used to describe someone who is greedy or pragmatic and never misses an opportunity to profit from whatever passes through their hands

    雁 (literal) → 雁 · yàn · wild goose 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 拔毛 (literal) → 拔毛 · bá​máo · to pluck

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

    created sense