洞庭湖上踩钢丝,凶多吉少 洞庭湖上踩鋼絲,凶多吉少 洞庭湖上踩鋼絲,凶多吉少

walking a tightrope over Lake Dongting: more ill than good

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
The outlook is bad; danger is likely and good fortune unlikely.
Simplified
洞庭湖上踩钢丝,凶多吉少
Traditional (Taiwan)
洞庭湖上踩鋼絲,凶多吉少
Pinyin
Dòngtínghú shang cǎi gāngsī, xiōngduōjíshǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan)
Dòngtínghú shàng cǎi gāngsī, xiōngduōjíshǎo
Bopomofo
ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄞˇ ㄍㄤ ㄙ,ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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