墙头儿上种白菜,难浇牆頭兒上種白菜,難澆牆頭兒上種白菜,難澆

growing cabbage on a wall top: hard to water

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone is hard to get along with or befriend. Said of a difficult person.
Wordplay: 浇 (jiāo, to water) stands for 交 (jiāo, to befriend): hard to water means hard to befriend.

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Simplified: 墙头儿上种白菜,难浇
Traditional (Taiwan): 牆頭兒上種白菜,難澆
Pinyin: qiáng tóur shàng zhǒng báicài,nán jiāo
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ,ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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