长虫钻竹筒，转不了弯長蟲鑽竹筒，轉不了彎長蟲鑽竹筒，轉不了彎

a snake crawling into a bamboo tube: can't turn a bend

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a person who can't change their way of thinking. It is mildly mocking.

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Simplified: 长虫钻竹筒，转不了弯
Traditional (Taiwan): 長蟲鑽竹筒，轉不了彎
Pinyin: chángchong zuān zhútǒng, zhuàn bù liǎo wān
Pinyin (Taiwan): chángchong zuān zhútǒng, zhuǎn bù liǎo wān
Bopomofo: ㄔㄤˊ ˙ㄔㄨㄥㄗㄨㄢㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ，ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄢ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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