老鼠钻瓶子,好进难出 老鼠鑽瓶子,好進難出 老鼠鑽瓶子,好進難出

a mouse crawls into a bottle: easy to get in, hard to get out

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Joining is easy but leaving is hard. Said of organisations or bad habits.
Simplified
老鼠钻瓶子,好进难出
Traditional (Taiwan)
老鼠鑽瓶子,好進難出
Pinyin
lǎoshǔ zuān píngzi,hǎo jìn nán chū
Bopomofo
ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄢ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ,ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄨ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

All Chinese example sentences