老鼠偷米汤,难糊口老鼠偷米湯,難糊口老鼠偷米湯,難糊口

a mouse steals rice water: hard to fill its mouth

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

Meaning: Life is hard and people barely get by.
Wordplay: 糊 (hú, to paste or clog a mouth) is used for 糊口 (húkǒu, to scrape a living).

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Simplified: 老鼠偷米汤,难糊口
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠偷米湯,難糊口
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ tōu mǐtāng,nán húkǒu
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄊㄡㄇㄧˇ ㄊㄤ,ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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