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打鴨子上架

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Chinese

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beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
to support; frame; rack
to support; frame; rack; framework; measure word for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc.
 
trad. (打鴨子上架) 鴨子
simp. (打鸭子上架) 鸭子
Literally: “to drive a duck onto a perch”.

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Idiom

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打鴨子上架

  1. (figuratively) Synonym of 趕鴨子上架 / 赶鸭子上架 (gǎn yāzi shàng jià, to make someone do something entirely beyond them)