挟泰山以超北海挟山超海xié Tài Shān yǐ chāo Běi Hǎicarry Taishan Mountain under one’s arm and leap over the North Sea-an impossibility; an obviously impossible undertaking
❍ 故王之不王，非～之类也。(《孟子·梁惠王上》)Therefore Your Majesty’s not exercising the imperial sway,is not such a case as that of taking the Tai Mountain under your arm,and leaping over the north sea with it. 挟泰山以超北海xié tài shān yǐ chāo běi hǎi挟：挟持；超：超越，跨过；北海：古代泛指北方大海。夹着泰山跨过北海。比喻不可能做到的事情。an impossibility, an obviously impossible undertaking, a mere fantasy |