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羊觸藩籬

简 羊触藩篱 · 繁 羊觸藩籬
Mandarin · pinyin yáng chù fān lí

Meanings

  1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. without any way out of a dilemma
  3. trapped
  4. in an impossible situation
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羊
yáng · sheep, goat; Kangxi radical 123
觸
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藩
fān · fence; boundary; outlying border
籬
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触
chù · butt, ram, gore; touch
篱
lí · bamboo or wooden fence; hedge
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2–4–1–2 · yang2 chu4 fan1 li2

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joeng4 zuk1 faan4 lei4

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羊觸藩籬 · yang2 chu4 fan1 li2
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Exact source record羊觸藩籬 羊触藩篱 [yang2 chu4 fan1 li2] /lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat/without any way out of a dilemma/trapped/in an impossible situation/