腊月里的萝卜,冻心臘月里的蘿蔔,凍心臘月里的蘿蔔,凍心

A radish in the twelfth month: frozen at the heart

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

Meaning: Describes someone whose mind or feelings have been stirred and who now has new ideas.
Wordplay: 冻心 dòngxīn (frozen heart, as a radish goes pithy) sounds like 动心 dòngxīn, 'be tempted or moved'.

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Simplified: 腊月里的萝卜,冻心
Traditional (Taiwan): 臘月里的蘿蔔,凍心
Pinyin: làyuè lǐ de luóbo,dòng xīn
Bopomofo: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ,ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

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

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