半路杀出个程咬金

bàn lù shā chū gè chéng yǎo jīn

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Definitions

1. lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying)
2. fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
3. sb whose presence is regarded as irksome

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Child Words of 半路杀出个程咬金

• 个 个 gè: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
• 出 出 chū: to go out
• 半 半 bàn: half
• 半路 半路 bàn lù: halfway
• 咬 咬 yǎo: to bite
• 杀 杀 shā: to kill
• 路 路 lù: road
• 金 金 jīn: chemical element Au
• 程 程 chéng: rule
• 程咬金 程咬金 chéng yǎo jīn: Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[chéng zhī jié], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty