铁铸的算盘子儿，拨拉不开鐵鑄的算盤子兒，撥拉不開鐵鑄的算盤子兒，撥拉不開

Abacus beads cast of iron: they can't be moved

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone can't be directed or deployed.
Wordplay: 拨拉 (bōla) means both flicking the beads with a finger and moving or assigning people.

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Simplified: 铁铸的算盘子儿，拨拉不开
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵鑄的算盤子兒，撥拉不開
Pinyin: tiě zhù de suànpánzir, bōlā bù kāi
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ ˙ㄗㄦ，ㄅㄛㄌㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ

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

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