lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
trad. 趕鴨子上架
Also written 趕鴨子上架【gǎn yā zi shàng jià】
Characters in this word
5赶
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to overtake; to catch up with, to hurry; to rush, to try to catch (the bus etc), to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away, to avail oneself of (an opportunity), until; by (a certain time)
- Pinyin
- gǎn
- Traditional
- 趕
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2694 of 2500
鸭
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duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]), (slang) male prostitute
- Pinyin
- yā
- Traditional
- 鴨
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 11394 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
架
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to support, frame, rack, framework, classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
- Pinyin
- jià
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4299 of 2500