老鼠跌进铁桶里,无缝儿可钻老鼠跌進鐵桶里,無縫兒可鑽老鼠跌進鐵桶里,無縫兒可鑽

a mouse falls into an iron bucket: no crack to slip through

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Strong precautions leave bad people no opening to exploit.

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Simplified: 老鼠跌进铁桶里,无缝儿可钻
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠跌進鐵桶里,無縫兒可鑽
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ diējìn tiětǒng lǐ,wú fèngr kě zuān
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄝㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ,ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋㄦㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄨㄢ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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