船头上跑马,走投无路船頭上跑馬,走投無路船頭上跑馬,走投無路

riding a horse on the bow of a boat: nowhere to go

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: To be in a corner with no way out. Said of someone in a desperate fix.

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Simplified: 船头上跑马,走投无路
Traditional (Taiwan): 船頭上跑馬,走投無路
Pinyin: chuántóu shang pǎomǎ,zǒutóuwúlù
Pinyin (Taiwan): chuántóu shàng pǎomǎ,zǒutóuwúlù
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄆㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ,ㄗㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ

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

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