捂着耳朵放炮仗，又想听响声，又怕听响声捂著耳朵放炮仗，又想聽響聲，又怕聽響聲捂着耳朵放炮仗，又想聽響聲，又怕聽響聲

covering one's ears to set off firecrackers: wanting to hear the bang and fearing to hear the bang

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone torn between wanting to do something and being afraid to. Gently mocking.

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Simplified: 捂着耳朵放炮仗，又想听响声，又怕听响声
Traditional (Taiwan): 捂著耳朵放炮仗，又想聽響聲，又怕聽響聲
Traditional (Hong Kong): 捂着耳朵放炮仗，又想聽響聲，又怕聽響聲
Pinyin: wǔzhe ěrduo fàng pàozhang, yòu xiǎng tīng xiǎngshēng, yòu pà tīng xiǎngshēng
Bopomofo: ㄨˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛㄈㄤˋ ㄆㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄤ，ㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ，ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ

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

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