挾泰山以超北海挾山超海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～之類也。(《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. 挾泰山以超北海xié tài shān yǐ chāo běi hǎi挾：挾持；超：超越，跨過；北海：古代泛指北方大海。夾著泰山跨過北海。比喻不可能做到的事情。an impossibility, an obviously impossible undertaking, a mere fantasy |