豆腐掉进灰窝里，吹掸不得豆腐掉進灰窩里，吹撣不得豆腐掉進灰窩里，吹撣不得

tofu fallen into the ash pit: can't be blown or dusted

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A variant of the tofu-in-ashes saying: a person or matter that is hard to deal with, neither softly nor harshly.

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Simplified: 豆腐掉进灰窝里，吹掸不得
Traditional (Taiwan): 豆腐掉進灰窩里，吹撣不得
Pinyin: dòufu diào jìn huī wō li, chuī dǎn bùdé
Pinyin (Taiwan): dòufu diào jìn huī wō lǐ, chuī dǎn bùdé
Bopomofo: ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄟㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ，ㄔㄨㄟㄉㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ

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

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