龜毛兔角
Chinese
| tortoise; turtle | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | rabbit | horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龜毛兔角) | 龜 | 毛 | 兔 | 角 | |
| simp. (龟毛兔角) | 龟 | 毛 | 兔 | 角 | |
| Literally: “tortoise's fur and rabbit's horn”. | |||||
Etymology
First attested in Buddhist sutras.
Pronunciation
Idiom
龜毛兔角
- an impossibility
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