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逼上梁山
Mandarin · pinyin bī shàng liáng shān
Meanings
- driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels
- to drive to revolt
- to force sb to desperate action
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1–4–2–1 · bi1 shang4 liang2 shan1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bik1 soeng6 loeng4 saan1
Cantonese word readings for 逼上梁山. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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bik1 soeng5 loeng4 saan1
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- (idiomatic) to be forced to revolt
- (idiomatic) to be forced by circumstances to do something (often something one does not wish to or should not do)
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