泥船渡河 — “Crossing a river in a mud boat”
泥船渡河 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be in an extremely precarious or dangerous situation, akin to attempting a perilous task with insufficient or faulty means; to undertake a highly risky endeavor”. Literally, “Crossing a river in a mud boat”.
泥船渡河 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- nì泥gǔ古shǒu守jiù旧cling to old ways
- nì泥gǔ古zhí执jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古jū拘fāng方dogmatically cling to outdated conventions
- nì泥gǔ古wéi违jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient ways
- nì泥gǔ古fēi非jīn今Adhere to ancient, reject modern
- nì泥míng名shī失shí实cling to empty reputation, disregard reality
- ní泥sù塑mù木diāo雕stiff and expressionless like a dummy
- ní泥duō多fó佛dà大More input, greater achievement
- ní泥shā沙jù俱xià下good and bad mixed together
- ní泥niú牛rù入hǎi海disappear completely and irreversibly
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What does 泥船渡河 mean?
泥船渡河 (ní chuán dù hé) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be in an extremely precarious or dangerous situation, akin to attempting a perilous task with insufficient or faulty means; to undertake a highly risky endeavor”.
How do you pronounce 泥船渡河?
泥船渡河 is pronounced ní chuán dù hé in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 泥船渡河 literally mean?
Literally, 泥船渡河 means “Crossing a river in a mud boat”. It is used to mean “to be in an extremely precarious or dangerous situation, akin to attempting a perilous task with insufficient or faulty means; to undertake a highly risky endeavor”.
What is the Chinese definition of 泥船渡河?
坐泥土做的船过河。比喻非常危险。