四脚朝天
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
idiom
Traditional: 四腳朝天
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- (idiom) four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
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Related Words
一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
→四体(sì tǐ)— one's four limbs
→前门打虎，后门打狼(qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng)— to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
→前门拒虎，后门进狼(qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng)— to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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