仙鹤打架,绕脖子仙鶴打架,繞脖子仙鶴打架,繞脖子

cranes fighting: twisting necks

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes speech or action that is roundabout and hard to follow instead of direct. Humorous.
Wordplay: 绕脖子 (rào bózi) literally means the cranes' necks entwine, and figuratively means convoluted or tongue-twisting.

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Simplified: 仙鹤打架,绕脖子
Traditional (Taiwan): 仙鶴打架,繞脖子
Pinyin: xiānhè dǎjià,ràobózi
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ,ㄖㄠˋ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ

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

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