老妈妈撵兔子,越撵越没影儿老媽媽攆兔子,越攆越沒影兒老媽媽攆兔子,越攆越沒影兒

an old woman chasing a rabbit: the more she chases, the more it disappears

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Something gets less and less likely to succeed as it goes on, or the gap between two things keeps widening.

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Simplified: 老妈妈撵兔子,越撵越没影儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 老媽媽攆兔子,越攆越沒影兒
Pinyin: lǎo māma niǎn tùzi,yuè niǎn yuè méiyǐngr
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚㄋㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨˋ ˙ㄗ,ㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄥˇㄦ

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

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