拔了萝卜栽上葱，一茬比一茬辣拔了蘿蔔栽上蔥，一茬比一茬辣拔了蘿蔔栽上葱，一茬比一茬辣

pull out radishes and plant scallions: each crop is hotter than the last

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says that each successive bad person is crueller than the one before. Critical.
Wordplay: 辣 (là) means literally hot and spicy, and figuratively vicious.

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Simplified: 拔了萝卜栽上葱，一茬比一茬辣
Traditional (Taiwan): 拔了蘿蔔栽上蔥，一茬比一茬辣
Traditional (Hong Kong): 拔了蘿蔔栽上葱，一茬比一茬辣
Pinyin: bále luóbo zāi shàng cōng, yì chá bǐ yì chá là
Bopomofo: ㄅㄚˊ ˙ㄌㄜㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄗㄞㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄥ，ㄧˋ ㄔㄚˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄔㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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