赶着羊群过火焰山，往死里逼趕著羊群過火焰山，往死裡逼趕着羊羣過火焰山，往死裏逼

driving a flock of sheep across the Flaming Mountain: pushing them to death

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Forcing someone into a hopeless position. Critical of cruel pressure. Refers to the Flaming Mountain episode of Journey to the West.

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Simplified: 赶着羊群过火焰山，往死里逼
Traditional (Taiwan): 趕著羊群過火焰山，往死裡逼
Traditional (Hong Kong): 趕着羊羣過火焰山，往死裏逼
Pinyin: gǎnzhe yángqún guò huǒyànshān, wǎngsǐlǐ bī
Bopomofo: ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄢ，ㄨㄤˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄧ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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