螃蟹脚，弯弯儿多螃蟹腳，彎彎兒多螃蟹腳，彎彎兒多

crab legs: many bends

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

Meaning: Mocks someone full of crooked schemes and bad ideas. Critical.
Wordplay: The second half is read both literally (a crab's legs have many bends) and figuratively (弯弯儿 wānwānr, 'twists', means devious tricks).

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Simplified: 螃蟹脚，弯弯儿多
Traditional (Taiwan): 螃蟹腳，彎彎兒多
Pinyin: pángxiè jiǎo, wānwān ér duō
Bopomofo: ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ，ㄨㄢㄨㄢㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄛ

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

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