鹿死不擇蔭
lù​sǐ​bù​zé​yìn

desperate measures

  • created sense approved 鹿死不择荫/鹿死不擇蔭 · lù​sǐ​bù​zé​yìn · desperate measures — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹿死不择荫 / 鹿死不擇蔭

    lù​sǐ​bù​zé​yìn

    desperate measures

    a deer at its death does not choose its shade; used to describe a person in a desperate situation who cannot afford to be choosy or must take extreme measures

    鹿 (literal) → 鹿 · lù · deer 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 择 (literal) → 择/擇 · zé · to choose 荫 (literal) → 荫/蔭 · yìn · shade

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

    created sense