磨道赶驴，转圈儿撵磨道趕驢，轉圈兒攆磨道趕驢，轉圈兒攆

chasing a donkey on the millstone track: chase it round in circles

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes chasing something round and round in circles. Said of a pursuit that goes nowhere.

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Simplified: 磨道赶驴，转圈儿撵
Traditional (Taiwan): 磨道趕驢，轉圈兒攆
Pinyin: mó dào gǎnlǘ, zhuàn quānr niǎn
Bopomofo: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄌㄩˊ，ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄢㄦㄋㄧㄢˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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