老鼠钻牛角,此路不通 老鼠鑽牛角,此路不通 老鼠鑽牛角,此路不通

a mouse crawls into an ox horn: this road is blocked

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Says a route or approach is a dead end.
Simplified
老鼠钻牛角,此路不通
Traditional (Taiwan)
老鼠鑽牛角,此路不通
Pinyin
lǎoshǔ zuānniújiǎo,cǐlùbùtōng
Bopomofo
ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ,ㄘˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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