猴子嘴里的香蕉，难掏猴子嘴裡的香蕉，難掏猴子嘴裏的香蕉，難掏

a banana in a monkey's mouth: hard to pull out

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who can hardly escape.
Wordplay: 掏 (tāo, pull out) puns on 逃 (táo, escape), a similar sound.

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Simplified: 猴子嘴里的香蕉，难掏
Traditional (Taiwan): 猴子嘴裡的香蕉，難掏
Traditional (Hong Kong): 猴子嘴裏的香蕉，難掏
Pinyin: hóuzi zuǐlǐ de xiāngjiāo, nán tāo
Bopomofo: ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄠ，ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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