鲜花插在牛粪上
xiān​huā​chā​zài​niú​fèn​shàng

to be mismatched

  • created sense approved 鲜花插在牛粪上/鮮花插在牛糞上 · xiān​huā​chā​zài​niú​fèn​shàng · to be mismatched — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲜花插在牛粪上 / 鮮花插在牛糞上

    xiān​huā​chā​zài​niú​fèn​shàng

    to be mismatched

    Literally "a fresh flower stuck in cow dung"; used to describe a great beauty who has married a coarse or ugly man.

    鲜花 (literal) → 鲜花/鮮花 · xiān​huā · fresh flowers 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 粪 (literal) → 粪/糞 · fèn · manure 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on

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

    created sense