孙猴子碰着如来佛,跳不出手心 孫猴子碰著如來佛,跳不出手心 孫猴子碰着如來佛,跳不出手心

Monkey Sun meets the Buddha: he can't leap out of the palm of his hand

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Someone cannot escape the control of a more powerful person.
Simplified
孙猴子碰着如来佛,跳不出手心
Traditional (Taiwan)
孫猴子碰著如來佛,跳不出手心
Traditional (Hong Kong)
孫猴子碰着如來佛,跳不出手心
Pinyin
sūnhóuzi pèngzhe rúláifó, tiào bù chūshǒu xīn
Bopomofo
ㄙㄨㄣ ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ ㄆㄥˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄛˊ,ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

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

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