老君爷叫蛇咬,法尽了老君爺叫蛇咬,法儘了老君爺叫蛇咬,法儘了

Laozi bitten by a snake: all his methods are used up

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Every possible remedy or method has been tried and nothing is left to do. Humorous.
Wordplay: 法 (fǎ) means both 'magic power' and 'method, way of doing things'; even the Taoist patriarch's magic can't help.

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Simplified: 老君爷叫蛇咬,法尽了
Traditional (Taiwan): 老君爺叫蛇咬,法儘了
Pinyin: Lǎojūn yé jiào shé yǎo,fǎ jìnle
Pinyin (Taiwan): Lǎojūn yé jiào shé yǎo,fà jǐnle
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩㄣㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄠˇ,ㄈㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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