秋后的蚂蚱,想跳也跳不了几天 秋後的螞蚱,想跳也跳不了幾天 秋後的螞蚱,想跳也跳不了幾天

a grasshopper after autumn: even if it wants to hop it can't hop many more days

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
A bad person or force is near its end and can't struggle on for long. Contemptuous. Compare 'his days are numbered'.
Simplified
秋后的蚂蚱,想跳也跳不了几天
Traditional (Taiwan)
秋後的螞蚱,想跳也跳不了幾天
Pinyin
qiūhòu de màzha,xiǎng tiào yě tiào bù liǎo jǐtiān
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄚˋ ˙ㄓㄚ,ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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