挖祖坟

挖祖坟:

Literally means:

dig one's' ancestors' tomb

Actually means:

It literally means digging one's ancestors' tomb. It figuratively means seriously hurting someone.

To the Chinese, one's ancestor's tomb is considered as a sacred and inviolable place, so digging one's ancestor's tomb means incurring hatred.

挖别人祖先的坟墓。比喻做严重伤害或损害他人的事。

在中国人的心目中，祖宗的坟墓是神圣不可侵犯的，挖别人的祖坟就等于跟别人结下了深仇大恨。