a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom); to be driven to desperate action
trad. 狗急跳牆
Also written 狗急跳牆【gǒu jí tiào qiáng】
Characters in this word
4狗
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dog, CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- Pinyin
- gǒu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 634 of 2500
急
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urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried, worried, to make (sb) anxious
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2110 of 2500
跳
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to jump, to hop, to skip over, to bounce, to palpitate
- Pinyin
- tiào
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 738 of 2500
墙
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variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
- Pinyin
- qiáng
- Traditional
- 墻
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 3731 of 2500