菜篮子里的泥鳅，你溜我也溜菜籃子里的泥鰍，你溜我也溜菜籃子里的泥鰍，你溜我也溜

Loaches in a vegetable basket: you slip away, I slip away too

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes people sneaking away one after another.
Wordplay: 溜 (liū) means both 'slide' (as a slippery loach) and 'slip away quietly'.

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Simplified: 菜篮子里的泥鳅，你溜我也溜
Traditional (Taiwan): 菜籃子里的泥鰍，你溜我也溜
Pinyin: càilánzi lǐ de níqiu, nǐ liū wǒ yě liū
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˋ ㄌㄢˊ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧㄡ，ㄋㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄡㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡ

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

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