太歲頭上動土 [-岁头-动-]
Jyutping
taai3 seoi3 tau4 soeng6 dung6 tou2
Pinyin
tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ
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語句
比喻冒犯兇惡嘅人而惹禍;睇埋太歲
(literally: to move the earth near the village god)to provoke someone powerful
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近義詞
老虎頭上釘蝨乸
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phrase, idiomatic
to beard the lion; to offend or provoke the most powerful; to provoke somebody far superior in power or strength
(syn.) 老虎头上钉虱乸, 老虎头上捉虱嫲, 老虎頭上捉蝨嫲, 老虎頭上釘蝨乸
太歲頭上動土 [-岁头-动-]
Jyutping
taai3 seoi3 tau4 soeng6 dung6 tou2
Pinyin
tài suì tóu shang dòng tǔ
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"to make trouble by daring to leap on an earth god's head"; to provoke somebody far superior in power; Metaphor: to offend those of greater power.