yáng chù fān lí

Traditional: 羊觸藩籬

羊触藩篱 (yáng chù fān lí) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. 2without any way out of a dilemma
  3. 3trapped
  4. 4in an impossible situation

Characters in 羊触藩篱

羊yáng · sheep; goat触chù · to touch藩fān · fence; hedge篱lí · a fence

Related words

接触to touch羊sheep; goat羊surname Yang触to touch山羊goat触摸to touch触动to touch触发to trigger触犯to violate替罪羊scapegoat羔羊sheep篱笆fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)

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