插翅难飞 — Chinese idiom
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
Traditional: 插翅難飛
Meaning
- lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly ; fig. impossible to escape
Character by character
- 插chāto insert, to stick in; to pierce; to plant
- 翅chìwings; fins
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 飞fēito fly, to dart; high
Idioms sharing a character
- 两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo
- 插科打诨 chā kē dǎ hùn
- 无心插柳 wú xīn chā liǔ
- 见缝插针 jiàn fèng chā zhēn
- 展翅高飞 zhǎn chì gāo fēi
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán
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