器鼠难投 — “A rat by the utensil is hard to hit”
器鼠难投 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Difficult to punish a wrongdoer or deal with a problem when they have strong protection or are in an inconvenient position to be directly confronted, much like a rat hiding by a valuable object that one is reluctant to damage”. Literally, “A rat by the utensil is hard to hit”.
器鼠难投 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- qì器yǔ宇xuān轩áng昂dignified and imposing appearance
- qì器xiǎo小yì易yíng盈easily complacent with small success
- qì器mǎn满zé则fù覆Pride precedes a fall
- qì器mǎn满jiāng将fù覆Pride or extremity leads to downfall
- qì器mǎn满yì意dé得smug and complacent
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What does 器鼠难投 mean?
器鼠难投 (qì shǔ nán tóu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Difficult to punish a wrongdoer or deal with a problem when they have strong protection or are in an inconvenient position to be directly confronted, much like a rat hiding by a valuable object that one is reluctant to damage”.
How do you pronounce 器鼠难投?
器鼠难投 is pronounced qì shǔ nán tóu in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 器鼠难投 literally mean?
Literally, 器鼠难投 means “a rat by the utensil is hard to hit”. It is used to mean “Difficult to punish a wrongdoer or deal with a problem when they have strong protection or are in an inconvenient position to be directly confronted, much like a rat hiding by a valuable object that one is reluctant to damage”.
What is the Chinese definition of 器鼠难投?
器：用具。躲在器物旁边的老鼠难以捕捉。比喻坏人有了庇护就难以惩治