狗急跳墙

Traditional form:

狗急跳牆

Pinyin (reading):

gǒujítiàoqiáng

Definitions:

• a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
• to be driven to desperate action

Characters:

• 狗 - dog
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 墙 - wall

Traditional characters:

• 狗 - dog
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 牆 - wall