chā chì nán fēi

Traditional: 插翅難飛

插翅难飞 (chā chì nán fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape

Characters in 插翅难飞

插chā · to insert翅chì · (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)难nán · difficult (to...)飞fēi · to fly

Related words

难difficult (to...)难disaster难道don't tell me ...飞机airplane飞to fly困难difficult难以置信(idiom) hard to believe; incredible难过to feel sad难以hard to (predict, imagine etc)插to insert插old variant of 插[cha1]艰难difficult

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