倾巢来犯 — Chinese idiom
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
Traditional: 傾巢來犯
Meaning
- to turn out in force ready to attack
Character by character
- 倾qīngto upset, to pour out, to overflow
- 巢cháonest, living quarters in tree
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 犯fàncriminal; to violate, to commit a crime
Idioms sharing a character
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng
- 倾家荡产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn
- 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
- 倾心吐胆 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
- 倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ
- 倾箱倒箧 qīng xiāng dào qiè
- 大厦将倾 dà shà jiāng qīng
- 鹊巢鸠占 què cháo jiū zhàn
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
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