柏油路上跑马车，没辙柏油路上跑馬車，沒轍柏油路上跑馬車，沒轍

driving a horse cart on an asphalt road: no ruts

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said when you are helpless and have no way out of a problem; humorous.
Wordplay: 没辙 (méi zhé) means no wheel ruts, which asphalt doesn't keep, and also 'no way/at a loss'.

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Simplified: 柏油路上跑马车，没辙
Traditional (Taiwan): 柏油路上跑馬車，沒轍
Pinyin: bǎiyóulù shang pǎo mǎchē, méizhé
Pinyin (Taiwan): bǎiyóulù shàng pǎo mǎchē, méizhé
Bopomofo: ㄅㄞˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄆㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄔㄜ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄓㄜˊ

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

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