阴沟里翻船，冤透了陰溝裡翻船，冤透了陰溝裏翻船，冤透了

a boat capsizes in a drain: such a wrong

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: To come to grief over something trivial where no trouble was expected, which is very unlucky and galling. Like 'tripping over a molehill'.

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Simplified: 阴沟里翻船，冤透了
Traditional (Taiwan): 陰溝裡翻船，冤透了
Traditional (Hong Kong): 陰溝裏翻船，冤透了
Pinyin: yīngōulifānchuán, yuān tòule
Pinyin (Taiwan): yīngōulǐfānchuán, yuān tòule
Bopomofo: ㄧㄣㄍㄡㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄢㄔㄨㄢˊ，ㄩㄢㄊㄡˋ ˙ㄌㄜ

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

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