插翅難飛

lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape

to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

old variant of 插[cha1]

variant of 翅[chi4]

wing (of a bird or insect) (bound form)

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold

to fly