张果老骑驴,倒着走 張果老騎驢,倒著走 張果老騎驢,倒着走

Zhang Guolao rides a donkey: going backwards

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes acting against common sense or against the trend. Critical.
Wordplay
倒 (dào) means reversed in direction, and also contrary to what is normal.
Simplified
张果老骑驴,倒着走
Traditional (Taiwan)
張果老騎驢,倒著走
Traditional (Hong Kong)
張果老騎驢,倒着走
Pinyin
Zhāngguǒlǎo qí lǘ, dàozhe zǒu
Bopomofo
ㄓㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ,ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄗㄡˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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