赶鸭子上树，难上难趕鴨子上樹，難上難趕鴨子上樹，難上難

driving ducks up a tree: hard, hard to climb

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Forcing someone to do something they can't. Close to 'trying to get blood from a stone'.

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Simplified: 赶鸭子上树，难上难
Traditional (Taiwan): 趕鴨子上樹，難上難
Pinyin: gǎnyāzi shàng shù, nánshàngnán
Bopomofo: ㄍㄢˇ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨˋ，ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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