霸王硬上弓

Chinese

Xiang Yu
 
hard; stiff; strong; firm
 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 a bow (weapon)
simp. and trad.
(霸王硬上弓)		 霸王 硬 上 弓

Etymology

“Xiang Yu (the overlord) attaches the bowstring”.

It is said that the mighty leader Xiang Yu could bend a bow and attach the string with only one hand.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Bàwáng yìng shàng gōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

Idiom

霸王硬上弓

  1. (figuratively) to do something by force; (euphemistic) to force oneself upon (a female friend); to rape
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