脚踩西瓜皮，两手抓着泥，一溜二抹腳踩西瓜皮，兩手抓著泥，一溜二抹腳踩西瓜皮，兩手抓着泥，一溜二抹

feet on a watermelon rind, hands grabbing mud: one slide, two smears

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who avoids conflict and smooths things over, or slips away from a problem.
Wordplay: Double meanings: 溜 (liū) is 'slide' and 'slip away'; 抹 (mǒ) is 'smear' and 'wipe out, cancel'.

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Simplified: 脚踩西瓜皮，两手抓着泥，一溜二抹
Traditional (Taiwan): 腳踩西瓜皮，兩手抓著泥，一溜二抹
Traditional (Hong Kong): 腳踩西瓜皮，兩手抓着泥，一溜二抹
Pinyin: jiǎo cǎi xīguā pí, liǎngshǒu zhuāzhe ní, yìliū èr mǒ
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄚㄆㄧˊ，ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄚ ˙ㄓㄜㄋㄧˊ，ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄡㄦˋ ㄇㄛˇ

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

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