墙头儿的冬瓜,两边滚 牆頭兒的冬瓜,兩邊滾 牆頭兒的冬瓜,兩邊滾

a winter melon on top of a wall: it can roll either side

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Someone wavers, or tries to please both sides. Critical.
Simplified
墙头儿的冬瓜,两边滚
Traditional (Taiwan)
牆頭兒的冬瓜,兩邊滾
Pinyin
qiáng tóur de dōngguā,liǎngbian gǔn
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ,ㄌㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄣˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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