牛口里的草，扯不出来牛口里的草，扯不出來牛口里的草，扯不出來

grass in an ox's mouth: you can't pull it out

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of money or goods that have been taken by someone and will never be got back.

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Simplified: 牛口里的草，扯不出来
Traditional (Taiwan): 牛口里的草，扯不出來
Pinyin: niú kǒulǐ de cǎo, chě bù chūlái
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄘㄠˇ，ㄔㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄌㄞˊ

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

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