热油锅煎豆腐，不翻不行熱油鍋煎豆腐，不翻不行熱油鍋煎豆腐，不翻不行

frying tofu in a hot oil pan: it has to be turned

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: The old ways must be overturned; there is no alternative.
Wordplay: 翻 (fān) means both flipping the tofu over and overturning what existed before.

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Simplified: 热油锅煎豆腐，不翻不行
Traditional (Taiwan): 熱油鍋煎豆腐，不翻不行
Pinyin: rè yóuguō jiān dòufu, bù fān bùxíng
Bopomofo: ㄖㄜˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄛㄐㄧㄢㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

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

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