癞蛤蟆掉进茅坑里,越蹦跳越臭癩蛤蟆掉進茅坑里,越蹦跳越臭癩蛤蟆掉進茅坑里,越蹦跳越臭

a toad fallen into a latrine: the more it hops, the more it stinks

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: The more a person struggles or makes a fuss, the more disliked they become. Contemptuous.
Wordplay: 臭 chòu means both 'smelly' and 'disgusting, detested'.

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆掉进茅坑里,越蹦跳越臭
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆掉進茅坑里,越蹦跳越臭
Pinyin: làiháma diào jìn máokēng li,yuè bèngtiào yuè chòu
Pinyin (Taiwan): làiháma diào jìn máokēng lǐ,yuè bèngtiào yuè chòu
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥㄌㄧˇ,ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄡˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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