扳不倒儿坐火车，没有稳当劲儿扳不倒兒坐火車，沒有穩當勁兒扳不倒兒坐火車，沒有穩當勁兒

a tumbler toy riding a train: no steadiness

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone flighty or unreliable, or work done insecurely. Mocking.
Wordplay: 稳当 (wěndang) means physically stable and also steady, reliable.

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Simplified: 扳不倒儿坐火车，没有稳当劲儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 扳不倒兒坐火車，沒有穩當勁兒
Pinyin: bānbùdǎor zuò huǒchē, méiyǒu wěndang jìnr
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇㄦㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ ˙ㄉㄤㄐㄧㄣˋㄦ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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