打鸭子上架,难哪打鴨子上架,難哪打鴨子上架,難哪

driving a duck up onto a perch: hard indeed

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Said when someone is forced to do something beyond their ability. Close to English 'to be thrown in at the deep end', though more about being forced.

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Simplified: 打鸭子上架,难哪
Traditional (Taiwan): 打鴨子上架,難哪
Pinyin: dǎyāzishàngjià,nán na
Pinyin (Taiwan): dǎyāzishàngjià,nán nǎ
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ,ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚˇ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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