趕鴨子上架

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to catch up; to overtake; to hurry
to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away
 
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
 
to support; frame; rack
to support; frame; rack; framework; measure word for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc.
 
trad. (趕鴨子上架) 鴨子
simp. (赶鸭子上架) 鸭子
Literally: “to drive ducks onto a shelf”.

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趕鴨子上架

  1. (figurative, colloquial) to make someone do something entirely beyond them