压死骆驼的最后一根稻草
Traditional form:
壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草
Pinyin (reading):
yāsǐluòtuodezuìhòuyīgēndàocǎo
Definitions:
- the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom)
- the final straw
Characters:
- 压 - press; oppress; crush; pressure
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 骆 - camel
- 驼 - camel; humpback; to carry on one's back
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 最 - most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
- 稻 - rice plant; rice growing in the field
- 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
Traditional characters:
- 壓 - press; oppress; crush; pressure
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 駱 - camel
- 駝 - camel; humpback; to carry on one's back
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 最 - most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative
- 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
- 稻 - rice plant; rice growing in the field
- 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch