罗锅儿上山，前紧羅鍋兒上山，前緊羅鍋兒上山，前緊

A hunchback climbing a mountain: the front is tight

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Said when someone is short of money. Humorous.
Wordplay: 前 (qián, 'front') is a pun on 钱 (qián, 'money'), so 'front is tight' reads as 'money is tight'.

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Simplified: 罗锅儿上山，前紧
Traditional (Taiwan): 羅鍋兒上山，前緊
Pinyin: luóguōr shàngshān, qián jǐn
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛㄦㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ，ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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