脚趾缝里长草，荒了脚腳趾縫里長草，荒了腳腳趾縫里長草，荒了腳

grass growing between the toes: the foot is overgrown

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

Meaning: Describes someone so flustered they don't know what to do.
Wordplay: Pun: 荒 (huāng, overgrown) stands for 慌 (huāng, flustered).

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Simplified: 脚趾缝里长草，荒了脚
Traditional (Taiwan): 腳趾縫里長草，荒了腳
Pinyin: jiǎozhǐ fèng lǐzhǎng cǎo, huāngle jiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄘㄠˇ，ㄏㄨㄤ ˙ㄌㄜㄐㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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