孙猴子回花果山，一个跟头栽到了家孫猴子回花果山，一個跟頭栽到了家孫猴子回花果山，一個跟頭栽到了家

Monkey Sun goes back to Flower-Fruit Mountain: one tumble and he's home

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a total, miserable failure or the depth of bad luck.
Wordplay: 栽跟头 (zāi gēntou) means both to tumble head over heels and to fail or lose face; 到家 (dào jiā) means both to arrive home and to reach an extreme.

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Simplified: 孙猴子回花果山，一个跟头栽到了家
Traditional (Taiwan): 孫猴子回花果山，一個跟頭栽到了家
Pinyin: sūnhóuzi huí Huāguǒ Shān, yí gè gēntou zāi dàole jiā
Bopomofo: ㄙㄨㄣㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄢ，ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡㄗㄞㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄐㄧㄚ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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