苍蝇飞进牛眼里，找泪吃蒼蠅飛進牛眼里，找淚吃蒼蠅飛進牛眼里，找淚吃

A fly flies into an ox's eye: looking for tears (weariness) to eat

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who brings hardship on themselves.
Wordplay: 泪 (lèi, tears) sounds the same as 累 (lèi, tired, toil), so 'looking for tears' reads as 'asking for trouble'.

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Simplified: 苍蝇飞进牛眼里，找泪吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 蒼蠅飛進牛眼里，找淚吃
Pinyin: cāngying fēi jìn niú yǎnlǐ, zhǎo lèi chī
Bopomofo: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥㄈㄟㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄓㄠˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄔ

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

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