刺拐棒做线板,难缠刺拐棒做線板,難纏刺拐棒做線板,難纏

using a thorny crooked stick as a thread winder: hard to wind

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

Meaning: Describes a crafty, awkward person who is hard to deal with. Critical.
Wordplay: 难缠 (nán chán) means both 'hard to wind thread around' and 'hard to deal with'.

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Simplified: 刺拐棒做线板,难缠
Traditional (Taiwan): 刺拐棒做線板,難纏
Pinyin: cì guǎibàng zuò xiànbǎn,nánchán
Bopomofo: ㄘˋ ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄅㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄢˇ,ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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