土地庙里长草，荒神土地廟里長草，荒神土地廟里長草，荒神

grass growing in an earth-god temple: the deity is desolate (flustered)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who is flustered and in a panic.
Wordplay: 荒 (huāng, desolate) is used for 慌 (huāng, panicked); 神 means both the god and one's mind/spirit, so 慌神 means to lose one's composure.

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Simplified: 土地庙里长草，荒神
Traditional (Taiwan): 土地廟里長草，荒神
Pinyin: tǔdìmiào lǐzhǎng cǎo, huāng shén
Bopomofo: ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄘㄠˇ，ㄏㄨㄤㄕㄣˊ

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

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