上了套的猴子，由不得它
上了套的猴子，由不得它
上了套的猴子，由不得它
a monkey that has been put in a harness: it's not up to it (him)
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Someone who is under restraint cannot decide for himself. Said of a person with no freedom to act.
- Wordplay
- 它 (tā, it) is written for 他 (tā, he), which sound the same: the monkey (it) is not free, and by extension neither is the person (he).
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- Simplified
-
上了套的猴子，由不得它
- Pinyin
-
shàng le tào de hóuzi, yóubùde tā
- Bopomofo
-
ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄊㄚ
Written with
HSK 5 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B2.
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