罐子里的豆芽儿，休想伸腰罐子里的豆芽兒，休想伸腰罐子里的豆芽兒，休想伸腰

bean sprouts in a jar: don't expect to stretch your back

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone trapped and humiliated, who cannot stand up for themselves. Sympathetic or grim.
Wordplay: 伸腰 (shēnyāo) means both physically stretching the back and no longer being bullied or looked down upon.

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Simplified: 罐子里的豆芽儿，休想伸腰
Traditional (Taiwan): 罐子里的豆芽兒，休想伸腰
Pinyin: guànzi lǐ de dòuyár, xiūxiǎng shēnyāo
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ，ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄣㄧㄠ

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

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