割驴脚敬神，驴疼死啦，神也得罪啦割驢腳敬神，驢疼死啦，神也得罪啦割驢腳敬神，驢疼死啦，神也得罪啦

cutting off a donkey's foot to honour a god: the donkey is in agony and the god is offended

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: An action that causes loss and also offends someone; a lose-lose move.

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Simplified: 割驴脚敬神，驴疼死啦，神也得罪啦
Traditional (Taiwan): 割驢腳敬神，驢疼死啦，神也得罪啦
Pinyin: gē lǘ jiǎo jìngshén, lǘ téngsǐ la, shén yě dézuì la
Bopomofo: ㄍㄜㄌㄩˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ，ㄌㄩˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄚ，ㄕㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄌㄚ

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

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