狗急跳墙

狗急跳墙
gǒutiàoqiáng

a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)

    • When a dog is cornered it jumps over the wall, and when a person is in desperate straits they become resourceful.

  2. verb

    to be driven to desperate action

    • A desperate dog will jump over a wall, and a desperate person will devise a plan.

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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A dog radical (犭) named by the sound 'cú' (句) makes the character for dog.

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