没戴笼头的马，不好摆弄沒戴籠頭的馬，不好擺弄沒戴籠頭的馬，不好擺弄

a horse without a halter: hard to handle

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone is hard to discipline or direct.

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Simplified: 没戴笼头的马，不好摆弄
Traditional (Taiwan): 沒戴籠頭的馬，不好擺弄
Pinyin: méi dài lóngtou de mǎ, bù hǎo bǎinòng
Bopomofo: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ˙ㄉㄜㄇㄚˇ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄨㄥˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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