躥房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ

run over rooftops; move fast and nimbly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 侠客xiá kè in fiction)

Characters

Character Meaning
躥 cuān
to leap up; to spurt out; (coll.) to gush out
房 fáng HSK 2
house; room; surname Fang
越 yuè HSK 3
the more... the more; to exceed; to surpass
脊 jǐ
spine; back; ridge