趕鴨子上架

1. • lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
2. • fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

Character by character

• 趕(gǎn)overtake
• 鴨(yā)duck
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
• 上(shàng)up
• 架(jià)support