乌龟爬门槛，就看这一翻烏龜爬門檻，就看這一翻烏龜爬門檻，就看這一翻

a tortoise climbing a threshold: it all depends on this one flip

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Success or failure depends on this one attempt.
Wordplay: 翻 fān (flip over) is used for 番 fān (a turn, an attempt), which sound the same.

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Simplified: 乌龟爬门槛，就看这一翻
Traditional (Taiwan): 烏龜爬門檻，就看這一翻
Pinyin: wūguī pá ménkǎn, jiù kàn zhè yì fān
Bopomofo: ㄨㄍㄨㄟㄆㄚˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˇ，ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄧˋ ㄈㄢ

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

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