扣在筛子下边的麻雀,干扑棱没办法扣在篩子下邊的麻雀,幹撲棱沒辦法扣在篩子下邊的麻雀,幹撲棱沒辦法

a sparrow trapped under a sieve: flaps in vain, nothing to be done

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone in another's control who worries but can't escape. Sympathetic or mocking.

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Simplified: 扣在筛子下边的麻雀,干扑棱没办法
Traditional (Taiwan): 扣在篩子下邊的麻雀,幹撲棱沒辦法
Pinyin: kòu zài shāizi xiàbian de máquè,gān pūlēng méi bànfǎ
Pinyin (Taiwan): kòu zài shāizi xiàbian de máquè,gàn pūlēng méi bànfǎ
Bopomofo: ㄎㄡˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄞ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄜㄇㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ,ㄍㄢˋ ㄆㄨㄌㄥㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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