捧着猪头打转,拜不到庙门 捧著豬頭打轉,拜不到廟門 捧着豬頭打轉,拜不到廟門

carrying a pig's head in circles, never reaching the temple door

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes failing to find the right person to approach, or failing to hit the key point of a problem.
Simplified
捧着猪头打转,拜不到庙门
Traditional (Taiwan)
捧著豬頭打轉,拜不到廟門
Traditional (Hong Kong)
捧着豬頭打轉,拜不到廟門
Pinyin
pěngzhe zhūtóu dǎzhuàn, bài búdào miào mén
Bopomofo
ㄆㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄓㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ,ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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

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