| 倾巢而出 |
qīng cháo ér chū |
the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength |
| 倾 |
qīng |
to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out |
| 倾巢 |
qīng cháo |
lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains) |
| 巢 |
Cháo |
surname Chao |
| 巢 |
cháo |
nest |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |