太上老君叫蛇咬，法尽了太上老君叫蛇咬，法儘了太上老君叫蛇咬，法儘了

Laozi bitten by a snake: out of magic

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: All ways and means are exhausted. Humorous.
Wordplay: 法 (fǎ) means both magic arts and methods, so 'out of magic' also means 'out of options'.

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Simplified: 太上老君叫蛇咬，法尽了
Traditional (Taiwan): 太上老君叫蛇咬，法儘了
Pinyin: tàishànglǎojūn jiào shé yǎo, fǎ jìnle
Pinyin (Taiwan): tàishànglǎojūn jiào shé yǎo, fà jǐnle
Bopomofo: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩㄣㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄠˇ，ㄈㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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