旱天的田螺，有口难开旱天的田螺，有口難開旱天的田螺，有口難開

a field snail in a drought: it has a mouth but can hardly open it

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a person with a painful secret who finds it hard to speak up.
Wordplay: 口 (kǒu) is the snail shell's opening and also a person's mouth.

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Simplified: 旱天的田螺，有口难开
Traditional (Taiwan): 旱天的田螺，有口難開
Pinyin: hàn tiān de tiánluó, yǒu kǒu nán kāi
Bopomofo: ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄜㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄞ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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