Chinese

		grasshopper; locust	stitch; take; tease stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)	rooster; cock	Chinese em dash, it occupies the space of two characters in the center of the line, it's called.	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to search; to look for; to seek	blind alley, dead end
trad. (草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路)		草蜢	撩	雞公	——	自	尋	死路
simp. (草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路)		草蜢	撩	鸡公	——	自	寻	死路

Idiom

草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路

1. (Hakka) The grasshopper messing with the rooster; to overestimate one's capabilities; to seek one's demise

See also

• 草蜢弄雞公／草蜢弄鸡公