癞蛤蟆躲端午,躲得了初一,躲不了十五癩蛤蟆躲端午,躲得了初一,躲不了十五癩蛤蟆躲端午,躲得了初一,躲不了十五

A toad dodging the Dragon Boat Festival: it can dodge the first, but not the fifteenth

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: You can't escape a disaster that is coming. Like 'you can run but you can't hide'.

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆躲端午,躲得了初一,躲不了十五
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆躲端午,躲得了初一,躲不了十五
Pinyin: làiháma duǒ duānwǔ,duǒ de liǎo chūyī,duǒ bù liǎo shíwǔ
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢㄨˇ,ㄉㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄧ,ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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