螃蟹过河,七手八脚 螃蟹過河,七手八腳 螃蟹過河,七手八腳

a crab crossing a river: seven hands and eight feet

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes many people busily and chaotically helping at once. Mildly humorous or critical.
Simplified
螃蟹过河,七手八脚
Traditional (Taiwan)
螃蟹過河,七手八腳
Pinyin
pángxiè guòhé, qīshǒubājiǎo
Bopomofo
ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ,ㄑㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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

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