老虎拉磨,不听那一套
老虎拉磨,不聽那一套
老虎拉磨,不聽那一套
a tiger pulling a millstone: won't listen to that set
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Someone refuses to accept another person's arguments or methods. Used of a stubborn person who won't be talked round.
- Wordplay
- 一套 (yí tào) means a harness or 'to be put in a harness' and also 'a set of ideas or methods'; the tiger won't be harnessed, nor accept that line.
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- Simplified
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老虎拉磨,不听那一套
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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老虎拉磨,不聽那一套
- Pinyin
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lǎohǔ lāmò,bù tīng nà yítào
- Bopomofo
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ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄇㄛˋ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄋㄚˋ ㄧˊ ㄊㄠˋ
Written with
HSK 4 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B1.
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