长虫打架，绕脖子長蟲打架，繞脖子長蟲打架，繞脖子

snakes fighting: they wind around necks

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who talks in a roundabout way, not getting to the point. It is mildly critical.
Wordplay: 绕 (rào) means to coil around, and also to go the long way round in speech.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 长虫打架，绕脖子
Traditional (Taiwan): 長蟲打架，繞脖子
Pinyin: chángchong dǎjià, ràobózi
Bopomofo: ㄔㄤˊ ˙ㄔㄨㄥㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ，ㄖㄠˋ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences