猫卧房脊，活兽
貓臥房脊，活獸
貓卧房脊，活獸
a cat lying on the roof ridge: a live beast (suffering)
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- To suffer needlessly or endure hardship; 'living torment'.
- Wordplay
- 兽 (shòu, beast) sounds like 受 (shòu, suffer): a cat on the ridge is a living ridge beast, i.e. 活受罪, suffering for real.
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- Simplified
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猫卧房脊，活兽
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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貓臥房脊，活獸
- Traditional (Hong Kong)
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貓卧房脊，活獸
- Pinyin
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māo wòfáng jǐ, huó shòu
- Bopomofo
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ㄇㄠ ㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧˇ，ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˋ
Written with
HSK 4 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B1.
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