串起来的螃蟹,横行不了啦串起來的螃蟹,橫行不了啦串起來的螃蟹,橫行不了啦

crabs strung together: they can't walk sideways any more

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: The days of wrongdoers or bullies running wild are over. Mocking and satisfied in tone.
Wordplay: 横行 (héngxíng) means both 'move sideways', as crabs do, and 'run rampant, act outrageously'.

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Simplified: 串起来的螃蟹,横行不了啦
Traditional (Taiwan): 串起來的螃蟹,橫行不了啦
Pinyin: chuàn qǐlai de pángxiè,héngxíng bù liǎo la
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ ˙ㄉㄜㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ,ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄚ

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

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