荷塘里着火，藕燃
荷塘里著火，藕燃
荷塘里着火，藕燃
a lotus pond catches fire: the lotus root burns
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Describes something that shouldn't happen but does, or a chance occurrence.
- Wordplay
- 藕燃 (ǒu rán) sounds like 偶然 (ǒurán, by chance); 藕 'lotus root' replaces 偶 and 燃 'burn' replaces 然.
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- Simplified
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荷塘里着火，藕燃
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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荷塘里著火，藕燃
- Traditional (Hong Kong)
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荷塘里着火，藕燃
- Pinyin
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hétáng lǐ zháohuǒ, ǒu rán
- Bopomofo
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ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ，ㄡˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Written with
HSK 4 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B1.
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