蜻蜓撞着蜘蛛网,有翅难飞 蜻蜓撞著蜘蛛網,有翅難飛 蜻蜓撞着蜘蛛網,有翅難飛

a dragonfly hits a spider's web: has wings but can hardly fly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Trapped and unable to use one's abilities.
Simplified
蜻蜓撞着蜘蛛网,有翅难飞
Traditional (Taiwan)
蜻蜓撞著蜘蛛網,有翅難飛
Traditional (Hong Kong)
蜻蜓撞着蜘蛛網,有翅難飛
Pinyin
qīngtíng zhuàngzhe zhīzhūwǎng,yǒuchìnánfēi
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄓ ㄓㄨ ㄨㄤˇ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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