lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
trad. 羊觸藩籬
Also written 羊觸藩籬【yáng chù fān lí】
Characters in this word
4羊
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surname Yang
- Pinyin
- Yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5325 of 2500
触
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to touch, to make contact with sth, to stir up sb's emotions
- Pinyin
- chù
- Traditional
- 觸
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 24959 of 2500
藩
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fence; hedge, (literary) screen; barrier, vassal state, Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- Pinyin
- fān
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 31332 of 2500
篱
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a fence
- Pinyin
- lí
- Traditional
- 籬
- Strokes
- 16