狗急跳墙 gǒu jí tiào qiáng

to be driven to desperate action

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
狗 gǒu HSK 1
dog
急 jí HSK 3
urgent; rapid; hurried
跳 tiào HSK 2
to jump; to skip over; to bounce
墙 qiáng HSK 5
wall; variant of 牆qiáng, wall