湿手捏石灰，甩不脱濕手捏石灰，甩不脫濕手捏石灰，甩不脱

a wet hand grabbing quicklime: can't shake it off

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Once you get tangled up in a troublesome matter, you can't get free of it. Said ruefully about trouble that sticks.

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Simplified: 湿手捏石灰，甩不脱
Traditional (Taiwan): 濕手捏石灰，甩不脫
Traditional (Hong Kong): 濕手捏石灰，甩不脱
Pinyin: shī shǒu niē shíhuī, shuǎi bù tuō
Bopomofo: ㄕㄕㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄝㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄟ，ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄛ

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

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