落在鹰爪里的小鸡，嘴再硬也活不了落在鷹爪里的小雞，嘴再硬也活不了落在鷹爪里的小雞，嘴再硬也活不了

A chick caught in an eagle's claws: however hard its beak, it can't live

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone who has fallen into the hands of a stronger enemy will not escape, however defiant they are.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means both 'beak' and 'speech or attitude', and 硬 (yìng) means both 'hard' and 'defiant'.

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Simplified: 落在鹰爪里的小鸡，嘴再硬也活不了
Traditional (Taiwan): 落在鷹爪里的小雞，嘴再硬也活不了
Pinyin: luò zài yīngzhǎo lǐ de xiǎojī, zuǐ zài yìng yě huó bù liǎo
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄥㄓㄠˇ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧ，ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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