凿死卯子

Traditional form:

鑿死卯子

Pinyin (reading):

záosǐmǎozi

Definitions:

• variant of 鑿死鉚子／凿死铆子 (záosǐmǎozi)

Characters:

• 凿 - chisel; to bore, to pierce
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 卯 - 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 鑿 - chisel; to bore, to pierce
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 卯 - 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing