lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
trad. 插翅難飛
Also written 插翅難飛【chā chì nán fēi】
Characters in this word
4插
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to insert, stick in, pierce, to take part in, to interfere, to interpose
- Pinyin
- chā
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4024 of 2500
翅
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variant of 翅[chi4]
- Pinyin
- chì
- Traditional
- 翄
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12475 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
飞
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to fly
- Pinyin
- fēi
- Traditional
- 飛
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1437 of 2500