蛇钻到竹筒里，只能走这条道儿蛇鑽到竹筒里，只能走這條道兒蛇鑽到竹筒里，只能走這條道兒

a snake crawling into a bamboo tube: it can only go this way

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when circumstances leave you only one option.

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Simplified: 蛇钻到竹筒里，只能走这条道儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 蛇鑽到竹筒里，只能走這條道兒
Pinyin: shé zuān dào zhútǒng lǐ, zhǐnéng zǒu zhè tiáo dàor
Bopomofo: ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨㄢㄉㄠˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄓˇ ㄋㄥˊ ㄗㄡˇ ㄓㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˋㄦ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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