上賊船

Chinese

 
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
pirate ship; criminal gang
trad. (上賊船) 賊船
simp. (上贼船) 贼船
Literally: “to board a pirate ship”.

Pronunciation


Verb

上⫽賊船 (verb-object)

  1. (figuratively) to embark on a hopeless adventure (often mistakenly or unwillingly)
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