脚踩擀面杖，站不稳腳踩擀麵杖，站不穩腳踩擀麪杖，站不穩

stepping on a rolling pin: can't stand steady

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a person whose words and actions are unreliable or unsteady.

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Simplified: 脚踩擀面杖，站不稳
Traditional (Taiwan): 腳踩擀麵杖，站不穩
Traditional (Hong Kong): 腳踩擀麪杖，站不穩
Pinyin: jiǎo cǎi gǎnmiànzhàng, zhàn bù wěn
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ，ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˇ

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

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