捅马蜂窝 tǒng mǎ fēng wō

to poke through a hornets' nest

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to poke through a hornets' nest
  2. 2. to attack a difficult task resolutely

Characters

Character Meaning
捅 tǒng
to poke; to prod; to stab
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
蜂 fēng HSK 5
bee; wasp; variant of 蜂fēng
窝 wō HSK 6
place; nest; den