苍蝇不钻没缝的蛋 蒼蠅不鑽沒縫的蛋 蒼蠅不鑽沒縫的蛋

Flies don't burrow into an egg without a crack

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
When trouble occurs, the internal cause is the main one. Similar to "it takes two to tango" in spirit only loosely.
Simplified
苍蝇不钻没缝的蛋
Traditional (Taiwan)
蒼蠅不鑽沒縫的蛋
Pinyin
cāngying bù zuān méi fèng de dàn
Bopomofo
ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄢ ㄇㄟˊ ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ

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

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