红蓝铅笔，两头挨刀紅藍鉛筆，兩頭挨刀紅藍鉛筆，兩頭挨刀

red-and-blue pencil: both ends get the knife

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone blamed from both sides. Close to 'caught between two fires'.

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Simplified: 红蓝铅笔，两头挨刀
Traditional (Taiwan): 紅藍鉛筆，兩頭挨刀
Pinyin: hónglán qiānbǐ, liǎngtóu ái dāo
Pinyin (Taiwan): hónglán qiānbǐ, liǎngtóu āi dāo
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄅㄧˇ，ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄞㄉㄠ

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

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