大海里翻了豆腐船,汤里来,水里去大海里翻了豆腐船,湯里來,水里去大海里翻了豆腐船,湯里來,水里去

a tofu boat capsizes in the sea: came from the soup, goes back into the water

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

Meaning: Whatever came from somewhere returns to it; easy come, easy go.

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Simplified: 大海里翻了豆腐船,汤里来,水里去
Traditional (Taiwan): 大海里翻了豆腐船,湯里來,水里去
Pinyin: dà hǎilǐ fānle dòufu chuán,tānglilái,shuǐliqù
Pinyin (Taiwan): dà hǎilǐ fānle dòufu chuán,tānglǐlái,shuǐlǐqù
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄢ ˙ㄌㄜㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨㄔㄨㄢˊ,ㄊㄤㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ,ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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