夹肢窝生疮，阴毒夾肢窩生瘡，陰毒夾肢窩生瘡，陰毒

a boil in the armpit: hidden and poisonous

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone sly and vicious who hurts others secretly. Critical.
Wordplay: 阴毒 (yīndú) means both a boil that grows in a dark place and a person's covert malice; the literal and figurative senses are read together.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 夹肢窝生疮，阴毒
Traditional (Taiwan): 夾肢窩生瘡，陰毒
Pinyin: gāzhiwō shēng chuāng, yīndú
Bopomofo: ㄍㄚ ˙ㄓㄨㄛㄕㄥㄔㄨㄤ，ㄧㄣㄉㄨˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences