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半路杀出个程咬金

bàn lù shā chū gè chéng yǎo jīn

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 半路杀出个程咬金

个
gè

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)

出
chū

to go out

半
bàn

half

半路
bàn lù

halfway

咬
yǎo

to bite

杀
shā

to kill

路
lù

road

金
jīn

chemical element Au

程
chéng

rule

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