老鼠钻进风箱里,两头受气老鼠鑽進風箱里,兩頭受氣老鼠鑽進風箱里,兩頭受氣

a mouse crawls into a bellows: gets air from both ends

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Someone is blamed or pushed around from both sides. Close to 'caught between two fires'.
Wordplay: 受气 (shòu qì) literally means taking in air and figuratively means being bullied.

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Simplified: 老鼠钻进风箱里,两头受气
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠鑽進風箱里,兩頭受氣
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ zuānjìn fēngxiāng li,liǎngtóu shòuqì
Pinyin (Taiwan): lǎoshǔ zuānjìn fēngxiāng lǐ,liǎngtóu shòuqì
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄢㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄥㄒㄧㄤㄌㄧˇ,ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄑㄧˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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