打破沙锅,璺到底
打破沙鍋,璺到底
打破沙鍋,璺到底
a smashed clay pot: the crack (ask) goes all the way to the bottom
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known
- Meaning
- Describes pressing a question all the way until the truth is clear. Usually approving of persistence, sometimes a little teasing.
- Wordplay
- 璺 (wèn, a crack) sounds the same as 问 (wèn, to ask): the pot's crack runs to the bottom, and one keeps asking to the bottom.
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- Simplified
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打破沙锅,璺到底
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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打破沙鍋,璺到底
- Pinyin
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dǎpò shāguō,wèn dàodǐ
- Bopomofo
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ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄚ ㄍㄨㄛ,ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇ
Written with
HSK 5 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B2.
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