车轴卷住了乱麻,理不出个头绪 車軸卷住了亂麻,理不出個頭緒 車軸卷住了亂麻,理不出個頭緒

A cart axle wound with tangled hemp: can't find the end of the thread

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes a confused mind or a complicated matter that is hard to sort out.
Wordplay
头绪 (tóuxù) means both the loose end of a thread and the main thread of a situation.
Simplified
车轴卷住了乱麻,理不出个头绪
Traditional (Taiwan)
車軸卷住了亂麻,理不出個頭緒
Pinyin
chēzhóu juǎn zhùle luànmá, lǐ bù chū ge tóuxù
Pinyin (Taiwan)
chēzhóu juǎn zhùle luànmá, lǐ bù chū gè tóuxù
Bopomofo
ㄔㄜ ㄓㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄓㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄚˊ,ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄍㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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