批逆龙鳞 — “To provoke or offend a powerful person”
批逆龙鳞 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to provoke or offend a powerful person”. Risking their extreme anger, similar to touching a dragon's inverse scale which is said to cause fatal wrath. Literally, “Touch the inverse dragon scale”.
批逆龙鳞 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 批逆龙鳞 mean?
批逆龙鳞 (pī nì lóng lín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to provoke or offend a powerful person”.
How do you pronounce 批逆龙鳞?
批逆龙鳞 is pronounced pī nì lóng lín in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 批逆龙鳞 literally mean?
Literally, 批逆龙鳞 means “Touch the inverse dragon scale”. It is used to mean “to provoke or offend a powerful person”.
What is the Chinese definition of 批逆龙鳞?
传说龙喉下有逆鳞径尺，有触之必怒而杀人。常以喻弱者触怒强者或臣下触犯君主等。