干池塘里的泥鳅，滑不到哪里去幹池塘里的泥鰍，滑不到哪裡去幹池塘里的泥鰍，滑不到哪裏去

a loach in a dried-up pond: can't be very slippery

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks a cunning person: however crafty, they can't escape now.
Wordplay: 滑 (huá, slippery) puns on 猾 (huá, crafty): the loach's slipperiness stands for a person's slyness.

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Simplified: 干池塘里的泥鳅，滑不到哪里去
Traditional (Taiwan): 幹池塘里的泥鰍，滑不到哪裡去
Traditional (Hong Kong): 幹池塘里的泥鰍，滑不到哪裏去
Pinyin: gàn chítáng lǐ de níqiu, huá búdào nǎlǐ qù
Bopomofo: ㄍㄢˋ ㄔˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧㄡ，ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˋ

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

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