螳螂掉到油锅里，浑身上下都酥了螳螂掉到油鍋里，渾身上下都酥了螳螂掉到油鍋里，渾身上下都酥了

A mantis falls into a pan of hot oil: it's crisp all over

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes either someone so exhausted that their whole body is limp, or someone limp with terror.
Wordplay: 酥 (sū) means crisp, as fried food is, and also limp or weak in the limbs.

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Simplified: 螳螂掉到油锅里，浑身上下都酥了
Traditional (Taiwan): 螳螂掉到油鍋里，渾身上下都酥了
Pinyin: tángláng diào dào yóuguō li, húnshēnshàngxià dōu sūle
Pinyin (Taiwan): tángláng diào dào yóuguō lǐ, húnshēnshàngxià dōu sūle
Bopomofo: ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ，ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄣㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄡㄙㄨ ˙ㄌㄜ

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

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