旱地里的螃蟹，横行不了几时旱地里的螃蟹，橫行不了幾時旱地里的螃蟹，橫行不了幾時

a crab on dry land: it can't swagger sideways for long

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a bully or evil force that will soon fall. Contemptuous.
Wordplay: 横行 (héngxíng) means to crawl sideways and also to run wild and do evil by relying on power.

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Simplified: 旱地里的螃蟹，横行不了几时
Traditional (Taiwan): 旱地里的螃蟹，橫行不了幾時
Pinyin: hàndì lǐ de pángxiè, héngxíng bù liǎo jǐshí
Bopomofo: ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ，ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄕˊ

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

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