火烧乌龟,肚里痛火燒烏龜,肚里痛火燒烏龜,肚里痛

a tortoise in the fire: pain in the belly

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

Meaning: Describes someone suffering deep inner pain or distress.
Wordplay: 痛 (tòng) means both physical pain and emotional anguish, and 肚里 (dù lǐ) 'in the belly' also suggests 'inwardly', so the tortoise's belly ache reads as inner suffering.

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Simplified: 火烧乌龟,肚里痛
Traditional (Taiwan): 火燒烏龜,肚里痛
Pinyin: huǒshāo wūguī,dùlǐ tòng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠㄨㄍㄨㄟ,ㄉㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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