鞭打快腿兒驢

Simplified: 鞭打快腿儿驴

biāndǎkuàituǐrlǘ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇㄦ ㄌㄩˊ

    • to overburden the most capable or hardworking

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally
whip the fast-legged donkey
Meaning
A variant of 鞭打快牛: overworking the most capable. Critical.

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