掉到井里打扑腾,死不死活不活 掉到井里打撲騰,死不死活不活 掉到井里打撲騰,死不死活不活

fallen into a well and splashing about: neither dead nor alive

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
In an extremely hard situation and struggling on the edge of death; also in a miserable half-alive state.
Simplified
掉到井里打扑腾,死不死活不活
Traditional (Taiwan)
掉到井里打撲騰,死不死活不活
Pinyin
diào dào jǐng lǐ dǎ pūteng, sǐ bù sǐhuó bù huó
Bopomofo
ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄨ ˙ㄊㄥ,ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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