老鼠滚到油缸里,半边高兴半边愁老鼠滾到油缸里,半邊高興半邊愁老鼠滾到油缸里,半邊高興半邊愁

a mouse rolls into an oil jar: half happy, half worried

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone has mixed feelings, glad of the gain but anxious about being trapped.

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Simplified: 老鼠滚到油缸里,半边高兴半边愁
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠滾到油缸里,半邊高興半邊愁
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ gǔn dào yóu gāng li,bànbiān gāoxìng bànbiān chóu
Pinyin (Taiwan): lǎoshǔ gǔn dào yóu gāng lǐ,bànbiān gāoxìng bànbiān chóu
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄤㄌㄧˇ,ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄍㄠㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄔㄡˊ

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

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