胡同捉猪，两头堵胡同捉豬，兩頭堵胡同捉豬，兩頭堵

catching a pig in an alley: block both ends

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means leaving someone with no way to answer or escape, silencing them.
Wordplay: 堵 (dǔ) means both 'to block off' the pig's escape and 'to stop someone's mouth'.

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Simplified: 胡同捉猪，两头堵
Traditional (Taiwan): 胡同捉豬，兩頭堵
Pinyin: hútòng zhuō zhū, liǎngtóu dǔ
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄛㄓㄨ，ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄨˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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