蛤蟆死了还要跳三跳 蛤蟆死了還要跳三跳 蛤蟆死了還要跳三跳

even when a toad is dead it still jumps three times

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Said of a bad person who, cornered and facing defeat, makes one last desperate struggle. Contemptuous.
Simplified
蛤蟆死了还要跳三跳
Traditional (Taiwan)
蛤蟆死了還要跳三跳
Pinyin
háma sǐle hái yào tiào sān tiào
Bopomofo
ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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