两手托刺猬，扔出去舍不得，捧在手里扎得痛兩手托刺蝟，扔出去捨不得，捧在手裡扎得痛兩手托刺蝟，扔出去捨不得，捧在手裏扎得痛

holding a hedgehog in both hands: can't bear to throw it out, but it pricks when held

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A dilemma where keeping or giving up something both have drawbacks and the choice is hard to make.

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Simplified: 两手托刺猬，扔出去舍不得，捧在手里扎得痛
Traditional (Taiwan): 兩手托刺蝟，扔出去捨不得，捧在手裡扎得痛
Traditional (Hong Kong): 兩手托刺蝟，扔出去捨不得，捧在手裏扎得痛
Pinyin: liǎngshǒu tuō cìwei, rēng chūqù shěbùde, pěng zài shǒulǐ zhā de tòng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄛㄘˋ ˙ㄨㄟ，ㄖㄥㄔㄨㄑㄩˋ ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ，ㄆㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄚ ˙ㄉㄜㄊㄨㄥˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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