矮子骑高马，上下两难矮子騎高馬，上下兩難矮子騎高馬，上下兩難

A short man on a tall horse: hard to get up and hard to get down

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes a dilemma in which doing it or not doing it both cause difficulty.
Wordplay: 难 (nán) means both 'troublesome' (mounting, dismounting) and 'in difficulty' (in a dilemma).

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Simplified: 矮子骑高马，上下两难
Traditional (Taiwan): 矮子騎高馬，上下兩難
Pinyin: ǎizi qí gāo mǎ, shàngxià liǎngnán
Bopomofo: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄠㄇㄚˇ，ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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