带刺的鲜花儿，好看却扎手帶刺的鮮花兒，好看卻扎手帶刺的鮮花兒，好看卻扎手

a flower with thorns: pretty to look at but pricks the hand

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: sexist or sexual

Meaning: Usually said of a beautiful girl who is hard to deal with or approach. Teasing, and objectifying toward women.
Wordplay: 扎手 (zhāshǒu) means literally 'prick the hand' and also 'hard to handle'.

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Simplified: 带刺的鲜花儿，好看却扎手
Traditional (Taiwan): 帶刺的鮮花兒，好看卻扎手
Pinyin: dàicì de xiān huār, hǎokàn què zhāshǒu
Bopomofo: ㄉㄞˋ ㄘˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄦ，ㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄚㄕㄡˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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