小老鼠钻进水壶里，光顾游壶，忘了遭水淹小老鼠鑽進水壺里，光顧遊壺，忘了遭水淹小老鼠鑽進水壺里，光顧遊壺，忘了遭水淹

a little mouse climbs into a kettle: so busy swimming in the kettle (lake) it forgets it's being drowned

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who enjoys the moment and fails to see that great trouble is coming. Critical and teasing.
Wordplay: 壶 (hú, kettle) sounds the same as 湖 (hú, lake), so the mouse thinks it is swimming in a lake.

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Simplified: 小老鼠钻进水壶里，光顾游壶，忘了遭水淹
Traditional (Taiwan): 小老鼠鑽進水壺里，光顧遊壺，忘了遭水淹
Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔ zuānjìn shuǐhú lǐ, guānggù yóu hú, wàngle zāo shuǐ yān
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄢㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄍㄨㄤㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨˊ，ㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄗㄠㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢ

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

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