八仙桌打掌子，四平八稳八仙桌打掌子，四平八穩八仙桌打掌子，四平八穩

Putting horseshoes on an eight-immortals table: perfectly steady on all sides

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Steady and sure in doing things; or, critically, too cautious and lacking innovation.

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Simplified: 八仙桌打掌子，四平八稳
Traditional (Taiwan): 八仙桌打掌子，四平八穩
Pinyin: bāxiānzhuō dǎ zhǎngzǐ, sìpíngbāwěn
Bopomofo: ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢㄓㄨㄛㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄗˇ，ㄙˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄚㄨㄣˇ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings

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